Japanese knotweed
Americannoun
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And what’s Japanese knotweed, and why is it destroying Elizabeth’s house?
From Slate • Sep. 7, 2024
"This case is about the role played by diminution in value in cases of nuisance involving the plant Japanese knotweed," said Lord Justice Birss.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2023
KINGSTON, Mass. — Asa Peters marched into a thicket of Japanese knotweed in the woods of coastal Massachusetts this month and began steadily hacking the towering, dense vegetation down to size.
From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2022
Rhubarb is part of the buckwheat family, which also includes plants like Japanese knotweed and sorrel.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2022
Laboratory tests suggest that the leaf fleas – Japanese knotweed psyllids, or Aphalara itadori – can kill young shoots and potentially stop the plant growing by sucking up its sap.
From The Guardian • Oct. 23, 2020
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