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  • From: "Linda Schaffner" <linschaf@msn.com>
  • To: "gwl-g" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [gwl-g] Re: Privet
  • Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 12:03:19 -0700

Privet is already invasive in the South.  In fact, wildly invasive.  It is taking over my woods and we haven't found an effective way to get rid of it yet.  Digging out one little tree uncovered a colossal root ball with side shoots running all over the place.  The township eventually got it out of its hole for us with a cherry picker.
 
 Old homesteads most likely had privet that was pruned and tended and it wasn't a problem then, but as people moved away from the homesteads and they were left to go wild, the privet invaded the woods and roadsides and it is now listed as an invasive species.
 
Linda Schaffner in Alabama



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