Garlic Mustard
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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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