'Garlic Mustard is a rapidly spreading woodland weed that is displacing native woodland wildflowers in Wisconsin. It dominates the forest floor and can displace most native herbaceous species within ten years. This plant is a major threat to the survival of Wisconsin's woodland ' Wisconsin DNR
I have been fighting the battle for years, but am realizing this spring that the garlic mustard has won. It is all over the place.
It is edible, and is an excellent source of vitamin C, but no one could eat as much as is growing this year in my woods.
Is garlic mustard a problem in your area?
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Thanks for sharing this informative post, but i really liked the amazing combination of white flowers and pure green leaves, and place is also reflecting as so natural. Keep up the informative work and wishing you an great day. Stay blessed. 🙂
Thank you! It is a lovely plant....too bad it is so nasty!
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I don't even know this is garlic mustard. Don't know it's name and it's ain't a problem for me coz it got no place to grow here in my house
Yeah, I don't think it would like your growing conditions!
It is considered a highly invsive plant here. Like...pull on site! It's definitely a bad one for displacing good native plants. I despise it.
Garlic mustard and wild parsnip are taking over our road ditches. So many of the plants that the birds and butterflies need to survive have been forced out.
It's the same here. Basically it's "pull and burn on site" if you can. Nasty stuff. It makes me sad.
And they look so innocent and pretty...
They do, and they taste good, too. But they put a substance into the soil so nothing else can grow. Nasty things.
I have never heard of it before. Least it's a pretty problem
I read that it is a problem in Oregon, so it is a widespread problem.
How very interesting
I've not heard of this weed/herb before!! Someone else was writing about poison ivy taking over their woodlands. What the what? Every year there is some kind of different "plague". I'm wondering what will hit us this year.
I have plenty of poison ivy, too, but thank goodness I am not allergic to it. My neighbor spent a week in the hospital after coming in contact with wild parsnip- it has taken over our road ditches.
Oh no!! That stuff is brutal. We do have that along one of the trails we walk but there are signs so we stay on the path. I don't like it but as long as I know it's there I can be on the look out. I've seen the burns from wild parsnip and they are not not at all.
As kids we played in the meadows and vacant lots. I'd be terrified to let a kid do that these days, between the noxious weeds and ticks!
I had no idea this plant was a problem @melinda010100. We have lots of it in the UK but I'm not sure if it's displacing wild flowers or not.
We've lost of wild flowers over the years so recently there has been a big move to plant flower meadows, even around the edges of farmers fields.
it makes me very happy as I love wild flowers! 😊
I read that the garlic mustard in our area is genetically linked to the plants in the UK. It puts a substance into the soil so nothing else can grow. That is great that there is an awareness about the loss of native plants and flowers and that something is being done about it.
Looks like nettle to me.
I have those, too!
Do you eat them?
I have eaten both nettles and garlic mustard, although I haven't had any yet this spring.
Is the weather still cold? It's almost summer here, I have to use suncreams.
It is rainy and cold the past few days. I have turned my furnace back on!
That is so sad, @melinda010100. I was in St. Paul, MN last May and saw it all over the place. It's just one assault after another from invasive species. It's not a problem in my area -- yet. I know people see it every now and again, but so far, it hasn't taken over. Around here, it's Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius) and False Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum) that are causing massive problems in the forests. And I've got fights in my own yard, but most everything is so altered anyway, that it's more about convenience than the loss of other plants. But the stress on the natural systems just keeps stacking up. Maybe that's why I try to get people to eat the weeds so much, lol. Good luck with your Garlic Mustard problem. I hope your Mayapples can hang on!
We are having a thunderstorm right now that should make the ground nice and soft, so my mission for the next two days is to pull garlic mustard. I know I can't win, but every little bit helps! Wild parsnip is even more worrisome. It is all over in the road ditches and it is just a matter of time. I'm beginning to feel like I need to buy a hazmat suit to wear when I go outdoors!