Scotch broom: is it a menace in New York?

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RocLibrarian Rochester, NY Apr 05, 2010

Hi. I recently moved from Oregon to upstate New York and bought a first home (thus moving out of very limited container gardening and into a "real" garden).

This week I noticed something that looks like scotch broom blooming everywhere and feel bewildered. Back in Oregon this plant is considered a pariah -- very invasive. Highway crews are paid money to go and rip it out of public lands. Is scotch broom less invasive here? Do people not care about the invasivness here? Or am I seeing a plant that looks very similar but is not scotch broom?

Anyone know?

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) Apr 05, 2010

I believe that it may be considered as such. Here is a site that may give you more information

http://www.ipcnys.org/files/ED%20Lists/CRISP.pdf

http://www.threatsummary.forestthreats.org/threats/threatSummaryViewer.cfm?threatID=148

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RocLibrarian Rochester, NY Apr 11, 2010

As a follow-up message. What I thought was scotch broom from a distance a neighbor tells me is forsythia. This is a great discovery and makes me feel much better.

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themoonhowl Prairieville, LA(Zone 9a) Apr 11, 2010

Forsythias are much better behaved....grin Congrats.

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