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Florida’s Latest Invasive Species: A Fern Capable Of Toppling Trees With Its Chokehold

Monday, January 23, 2017 • LeRoy Rodgers pulls a pair of clippers from a bag and hops off an airboat. He’ll need the clippers to cut a path through the Old World Climbing Fern choking this island of trees within the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, part of the Everglades.
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Old World Climbing Fern. Photo courtesy The Nature Conservancy.

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Florida’s Latest Invasive Plant Species Moves Into Central Florida After Spawning National Refuge Dispute

Monday, November 28, 2016 • A fern at the heart of a dispute threatening a national wildlife refuge in the Florida Everglades is poised to become the state’s latest and greatest invasive plant species.
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Florida’s Latest Invasive Species: A Fern Capable Of Toppling Trees With Its Chokehold

Florida’s Latest Invasive Plant Species Moves Into Central Florida After Spawning National Refuge Dispute

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