Sericea! Sericea everywhere! There were areas on either side of the
highway where the bluffs went up 3 tiers and every level was absolutely covered
in the invasive. It is a very pretty
weed admittedly, but after you have been hunting the stuff for a couple of
weeks they bring out a sort of hatred you never knew you had. I just learned today that MoDOT and MDC planted
Sericea an age ago to help prevent erosion.
I’m finding a trend here as they did the same thing with Kudzu and other
invasives… While the weeds did their job they have turned out to be more harm
than good—choking out the native plants and, by so doing, messing with the
wildlife. In the future it would
probably be best to investigate these monstrosities a bit further; I have no
issue spraying them but once they are established they are nigh impossible to
eradicate. Still, I’m hopeful that we
can at least play a part in halting the foe’s advance.
Well all, I’m heading back to
Michigan tomorrow to hang out with my family for the first time in a long
while. It is going to be quite the
gauntlet as we need to serve for half a day, make a long drive back to the
office, then figure out parking for my car at the airport. As I will need to drive to my project site on
Monday having a friend drive me is out of the question (I also don’t know who
would be available anyways) so I’m looking at either a cab ride or overnight
parking. I think the latter will do but
will see how timing works out. I’m sure
everything will work out. I just worry
about these sorts of things. Anyways,
catch you all next week!
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