Report spottings of the latest invasive plant: the fig buttercup
A new invasive plant species is springing up in moist, nutrient-rich soils across eastern North America and has been spotted in six North Carolina counties, including Swain.
Fig buttercup, Ficaria verna, is an early-blooming perennial whose showy yellow flowers belie its menace as an invasive. While purposely planted in some gardens, it’s recently crossed the line to become an aggressive invasive plant species threatening bottomlands.
The South Carolina Native Plant Society is enlisting people throughout the Southeast to keep an eye out for the plant during March and April in an effort to determine whether the species is establishing footholds along waterways in other counties.
A training video covering how to spot the species is online at www.scnps.org/education/citizen-science-invasive-fig-buttercup/
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