The Nature Conservancy of Canada says efforts to stop the invasive plant, phragmites, from taking root could save the Northwest millions in the long term.
The Nature Conservancy of Canada says it’s not too late to stop invasive phragmites from taking over in the Northwest.
“Our opportunity to act is now because if it spreads to the wetlands, the lakes, the rivers of beautiful northern Ontario, we are going to be without the tools needed to deliver this,” he said. “It'll be too large a problem.” According to a provincial fact sheet, invasive phragmites — also known as the European common reed — is a perennial grass that damages ecosystems by spreading quickly and out-competes native species for water and nutrients.
Native phragmites are also found in the area said the fact sheet, but they grow "in stands that are usually not as dense as the invasive plant; well-established stands are frequently mixed with other plants; and usually has more reddish-brown stems, yellow-green leaves and smaller, sparser seedheads."
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