Beautiful Killer

As summer unioids, a sdent killet !urks
alang readsides, ditches. shorelines. and
meadons. strouding the landscape in a
safe purple vuil. This exotic beauty
siowly takes its toll on the environment
as iz chokes the iire out of wetlancs
and watenvays, destroving precicus
wildlife habitat The aggressive
invader is purple loosestrife.

Originally found in Zurope and
Asia, nurple loosesrrife is a hardy
flowering plant thar was acciden-
tally introduced to North America in
the 1300s. Because it has no natural
enemies, it is spreading at an alaming
fate throughout Canada.

Purple lousestrife has no sutritive
value for wildlife. And its shoreline colenies.
‘which sand one to two metres all, rhreaten |
young waterfowl by providing cover for preda- |
tors on ihe prowi.

The Canadian Wildlife Federation hes joined |
the fight against this pesky weed, and you can heip
too. Simply drop us a line, and we'll send you a brochure
entitled seauzjul Xilier. \n it you'll find a survey that we'd like
you to fill out and remtru to us. informaticn from the survey will
help us determine the location and severity of purple loesestifc.
infestation. which in narn will help in the design of a Canada-
wide control program for the “purple plague.”

To obtain a copy of Beausful Killer, write to

2740 Queensview Drive
Ortawa, Ontario K2B 1A2

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