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Weed of the Month: Bull/Musk Thistle
This Weed of the Month is a two-for-one deal: we’re covering bull thistle and musk thistle. They have a lot in common, from bright purple flowers to pesky spikes, with a few key differences we’ll highlight. Their most important similarities? They won’t stand a chance against you after you’re done reading.
August's Weeds of the Month: Field Bindweed & Spotted Knapweed
Field bindweed, a native of Eurasia, is thought to have been introduced into the US through contaminated seed as far back as 1739. This vine species forms a monoculture by climbing and twisting its way up anything and everything keeping other plants from reaching light.
Weed of the Month: Cheatgrass Treatment
Cheatgrass is an annual or winter annual invasive grass that can grow anywhere from 4-to-30 inches high with dense hairs on its leaf sheathes. Cheatgrass also has an early lifecycle which allows growing to begin immediately after the snow melts.
2018 Mosquito Update
Every summer the Teton County Weed & Pest District dedicates highly trained staff to study the effectiveness of our mosquito treatments in the Teton County region. We treat mosquitoes to reduce potential human health risks, as well as to reduce the overall nuisance mosquito population.
2018 Gros Ventre River Spray Days
The Jackson Hole Weed Management Association (JHWMA) hosted the 19th Annual Cooperative Noxious Weed Spray Days (July 17-19, 2018). Volunteers came from all around Teton County and as far away as Idaho Falls to team up for invasive species weed control along the Gros Ventre River.
Biological Control in Teton County
Biological control is the introduction of a natural enemy or predator to control an invasive weed or pest. One reason invasive weeds may proliferate so well in a new environment is due to the potential limitation or lack of organisms that will attack or consume that plant.
Weeds of the Month: Dalmatian and Yellow Toadflax
By now you probably know that not all noxious weeds look the part. Some are quite pretty. But weeds are not designated as noxious because of the way they look – it is the way they ACT that counts.
June's Weeds of the Month: Houndstongue & Black Henbane
Spring has almost passed and summer is just around the corner. The buttercups, spring beautys, and chokecherries have already lost their blooms, and Arrowleaf Balsamroot is lighting up the hillsides.