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Botany

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7. Yup!

Reply to mopinko (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 10:01 AM

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I have a project on an older house close to Ohio State’s campus and there were hundreds of
R. of S. plants it has taken over 1/2 a year to start to remove them.

Doug Tallamy’s Book, “Bringing Nature Home” has a good list of invasive plants.

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