Land Plants - invasive

Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna) on Apr 30, 2023

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Description of specimen

Covering our entire yard due to landscaping project where it spread across our front yard, back yard and new plant beds. Prior to landscaping project we had just a small amount in the front yard.

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

We had a small amount of Lesser Celadine and then had our year re-designed by 7-Dees Landscaping. In their yard design they ended up spreading the Lesser Celadine across our yard and it's now in all our new plant beds, new sod grass that was put down.

Expert Reviewer

Eli Staggs
Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District

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