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Garlic Mustard Removal at Blue Spruce Park, May 5, 2024
Monday, April 29, 2024
We will pull non-native herbaceous Garlic Mustard plants along Getty Run in Blue Spruce Park on Sunday, May 5, 2024, 1:00-4:00 pm. Garlic Mustard is beginning to establish itself in patches along the trail, so this is an ideal time to eliminate it before it takes over the understory. Garlic Mustard produces a chemical that inhibits the growth of native understory plants, so it can create a monoculture. It is also an ecological trap for West Virginia White butterflies, who are tricked by the plant's aroma to lay eggs on it. However, Garlic Mustard poisons and kills the caterpillars.
If you want to volunteer for this work event, more details are at
https://www.plantpatrol.org/cgi-bin/events.pl?action=description&EVENTID=38