Land Plants - invasive

Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna) on Mar 14, 2021

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Description of specimen

lesser celandine

Commentary

None

Remedy

For small patches, plants can be dug up in their entirety (be sure to get all roots and the small bulbils that break off to form new plants - you may need to sift through your soil to get these). Do not compost or put in your yard debris bin any below-ground parts of the plant (tubers and bulbils) as they can be spread this way. The leaves and flowers are ok to compost or put in yard debris. For larger patches, digging is impractical and can cause a lot of disturbance; herbicide application may have more success. * Lesser Celandine: National Park Service fact sheet *Lesser Celandine info from West Multnomah SWCD

Resources

Lesser Celandine info from Urban Ecology Center

Location

Front yards in manufactured home park, Falcon Wood. In the front yards of the first residences upon entering park. Plant is spreading more into the park each year. Generally retirees live here. Getting very thick. Just learned of this reporting method from FB.

Expert Reviewer

Tania Siemens
WISE Program Coordinator (Watershed and Invasive Species Education)
Oregon Sea Grant Extension
Oregon State University
tania.siemens@oregonstate.edu
541-914-0701

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