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Question: Does PlantShare use sightings to combat invasive species? I travel all across New England, and after years volunteering pulling invasives, …

• Question

  Does PlantShare use sightings to combat invasive species? I travel all across New England, and after years volunteering pulling invasives, I see them everywhere I look! I feel powerless watching new patches pop up along roadsides each year, knowing it's best to strike before they're established, but I can't dig up every lone garlic mustard or patch of knotweed I pass. I searched online but there doesn't seem to be any centralized effort. I could provide a lot of data if only I knew who to tell!

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  Dear Kamereone, good morning. You can certainly post sightings of non-native invasive plants on the Plant Share website and these can be used for tracking and potential management actions. Native Plant Trust does perform various management actions each year to try and assist native plants in their habitats, which includes non-native plant control. It is certainly frustrating to see the abundance of non-native species, but this is something likely to continue until we change our global travel and local land-use patterns. Best wishes.