Volunteers are reclaiming public parks and carving out nature trails in spaces overrun by innocent-sounding plants like Tree of Heaven, multiflora rose and purple loosestrife. Gardeners call these "invasives," and the volunteer armies aim to clear them out.

It’s a scary time to be a weed

Volunteers are reclaiming public parks and carving out nature trails in spaces overrun by innocent-sounding plants like Tree of Heaven, multiflora rose and purple loosestrife. Gardeners call these “invasives,” and the volunteer armies aim to clear them out.


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