. Agri-news. Agriculture. September 2,1991 Purple loosestrife alert Alberta Agriculture and Ducks Unlimited are asking anyone who sees purple loosestrife around a wetland in the province to give them a call. The attractive purple spiked plant has been labelled a "beautiful killer" by the Canadian Wildlife Federation, as it will completely take over a wetland eliminating all habitat and wildlife from muskrat and beavers, to ducks and songbirds. "Our goal is to prevent purple loosestrife from becoming a problem here in Alberta," says Shaffeek Ali of Alberta Agriculture's crop
. Agri-news. Agriculture. September 2,1991 Purple loosestrife alert Alberta Agriculture and Ducks Unlimited are asking anyone who sees purple loosestrife around a wetland in the province to give them a call. The attractive purple spiked plant has been labelled a "beautiful killer" by the Canadian Wildlife Federation, as it will completely take over a wetland eliminating all habitat and wildlife from muskrat and beavers, to ducks and songbirds. "Our goal is to prevent purple loosestrife from becoming a problem here in Alberta," says Shaffeek Ali of Alberta Agriculture's crop protection branch. Alberta Agriculture and Ducks Unlimited are working to together on both awareness and control. If the partnership is successful, he says, purple loosestrife won't become a major problem in Alberta wetlands. It is a problem in southern Ontario, Manitoba and parts of the United States, where it has been banned. "By preventing it from spreading any further and eliminating what has been found, we'd like to be purple loosestrife ; Anyone who comes across purple loosestrife in a wetlands area should call the crop protection branch in Edmonton at 427-7098 (toll-free through the nearest Alberta Government RITE centre). Ali notes the concern is with "wild" purple loosestrife, not the perennial known as lythrum, commonly used as an ornamental garden plant "These ornamental culiivars generally don't produce viable seeds, and they're not a threat to spread to ; He advises buying lythrum from a nursery that propagates its own plants, and avoid seed produced plants. "!f your first-year plants look wild, tall and vigorous, take them back to the nursery or destroy ; To date, only eight purple loosestrife sites have been identified in the province. Sites are scattered around the province, and include the city of Edmonton as well as near Medicine Hat. Sherwood Park and Leduc. Those eight infestations are far from seve
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