Ask A Scientist Botany Archive

name         Anna B.
status       student
age          18

Question -   Do you know anything on the Flowering Rush and why it is
illegal to buy Minnesota?  How does this plant disrupt with the ecosystem?
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Dear Anna,

It is an exotic, invasive species that threatens shoreline, lake, and river
communities.

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/ecological_services/exotics/floweringrush99.pdf
http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/flora-fauna/invasive/rush.html
http://biology.queensu.ca/floweringrush/

Sincerely,

Anthony R. Brach
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Start with this web page from Minnesota Sea Grant:

http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/exotics/rush.html

J. Elliott
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