Know your noxious weeds

Types of water garden weeds: yellow floating heart, hydrilla, giant salvinia, curly leaf pondweed. Landscape weeds: reed canary grass, purple loose strife, phragmites or common reed, salt cedar, giant reed. Other aquatic weeds: alligator weed, Eurasian water milfoil.

 

Ways to prevent spread: know what you're buying, clip seed heads, use certified seed for vegetation, clean aquatic equipment, etc. Scott encouraged members to visit the website EDDMapsWest.org or download the app to their smartphone. This app/website helps you identify weeds as well as report them if found.