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	October 1, 2009 Study Finds One-Time Herbicide Use Decreased Native Plants, May Have Increased Invasive Plants (Sep 29, 2009) Montana State University. A new study shows that the application of a herbicide on the invasive weed leafy spurge 16 years ago had reduced the level of native wildflowers -- including Missouri goldenrod and yarrow and the targeted invasive weed (leafy spurge) had potentially increased. The study Control Effort Exacerbates Invasive-Species Problem is published in Ecological Applications (Jan 2009). Added to News and Events / In the News at 10:15 AM


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