Aug 14, 2013
At this week’s Monday Afternoon Weeders (MAW) meeting, Brad Hanson shared the following article from the Sacramento Bee: Stinkwort's fast growth could threaten California's wine growers
CBS picked up the story: Wine Country Growers Worried about Stinky Invasive Weed
Then there’s Jeannette Warnert’s blog post, Unwelcome weed 'stinkwort' spreading quickly in California.
Lastly, here is the weed report on stinkwort from the new Weed Control in Natural Areas in the Western United States book. Other weed reports from the book can be found HERE (PDFs online).
Books are available for purchase at
- UCCE Central Sierra offices (Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, and Tuolumne)
- Calif. Invasive Plant Council (CA only)
- Western Society of Weed Science (western U.S., Canada)
- International and non-western state orders
UC Weed Workgroup members wanting a personal copy of the book can contact me for a 30% discount off the retail price ($37).
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