Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) is an invasive herb that has spread throughout much of the United States over the past 150 years, becoming one of the worst invaders of forests in the American Northeast and Midwest. While it is usually found in the undergrowth of disturbed woodlots and forest edges, recent findings have shown that garlic mustard has the ability to establish and spread even in pristine areas. This spread has allowed it to become the dominant plant in the undergrowth of some forests, greatly reducing the diversity of all species. Garlic mustard is one of very few non-native plants to be able to successfully invade forest understories.
Join us at noon o'clock at Fenner Nature Center to help purge the area of this dastardly invasive.
Fenner will provide trash bags, gloves, and an expert to ensure that we're pulling up the correct weed and not Trillum!
Participation in this CIGMO will earn you the 2015 CITO Souvenir.