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Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) is an invasive plant of river floodplains, forests and roadsides. It is a native of Europe and was first detected in Long Island, New York in 1868.

This bienniel spends its first year as a low growing rosette, remaining green through the winter and producing flowers on 2-3 foot stalks its second year..

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Alliaria petiolataGarlic MustardNAPIS Maps

News
09/15/2009 Garlic Mustard Top Invasive in Woodlands
09/09/2009 Over Time Invasive Plant Loses Its Toxic Edge
09/00/2009 Invasive Plants from Pest to Pesto
08/08/2009 Guides Show Off Invasive Weeds
07/27/2009 Garlic Mustard a New Weevil in the Works
05/13/2009 Worst New Invasive In Bloom

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