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Plant Lovers Want Nurseries To Stop Selling Invasive Plants that Threaten Environment

June 29, 2007

Toledo, Oh - Environmental groups hope to slow the spread of decorative but invasive plants by persuading nurseries to stop selling them and instead promote native species.

Environmental groups hope to slow the spread of decorative but invasive plants by persuading nurseries to stop selling them and instead promote native species.

Big-box retailer Meijer Inc. announced in March it is removing two invasive trees -- Norway maple and Lombardy poplar -- from its stores in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.

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