Mississippi Business Journal » weed http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:02:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Invasive cogongrass spreading, overtaking native species http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/08/invasive-cogongrass-spreading-overtaking-native-species/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=invasive-cogongrass-spreading-overtaking-native-species http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/08/invasive-cogongrass-spreading-overtaking-native-species/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 15:30:17 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=56763 SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Department of Agriculture lists cogongrass in its assessment of the world’s worst weeds. The Enterprise-Journal reports the weed has made its way into southwest Mississippi and is overtaking surrounding plant life worse than the more familiar kudzu. Cogongrass came from southeast Asia and was introduced into Florida and southern Louisiana, [...]

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