Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

flowers white, four petaled leaves – garlic smell when

crushed

Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

flowers white, four petaled leaves – garlic smell when

crushed

long thin siliques

produces hundreds to perhaps thousands of seeds

Control techniques:

hand pulling

cutting

burning

Spraying with 2% glyphosate

no need to remove

better to get all the little ones

starts getting first year plants

faster and covers more area

easier on crew

Spraying with 2% glyphosate

no need to remove

better to get all the little ones

starts getting first year plants

faster and covers more area

easier on crew

reasons not to spray:

effects on nontarget species

Park – 6400 acres

garlic mustard – 360 acres

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