Jun 5th, 2012 by Nancy Hamlett
In our third week of Star-thistle Wars, the BFS volunteers focused on an infestation around the ‘new’ toad pond and the areas along the trails and fire roads just southeast of pHake Lake.
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Mike Tschudi with fistfuls of thistles pulled from among the Artemisia next to the fire road. ©Nancy Hamlett.
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Bryan Visser (HMC ’13) and Anne Clark (HMC ’13) pull thistles by the toad pond. ©Nancy Hamlett.
We removed nearly all the star-thistles in this area, and the haul made quite a mound!
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Dick Haskell, Anne Clark (HMC ’13), Bryan Visser (HMC ’13), and Mike Tschudi with the heap of thistles (and a few mustard plants) from weeks 1 and 3 of the star-thistle offensive. ©Nancy Hamlett.
Tags: Centaurea melitensis, Maltese Star Thistle, Tocalote, volunteers