Some of you may be seeing some pretty flowers pop up around your neighborhood and along the highway! Those pretty flowers could be dame's rocket! Dame's rocket is an invasive species that flowers during the months of May, June and July but are easily confused with a native flower called phlox. One main difference is that dame's rocket flowers have four petals while phlox has five. One technique to remember is that phlox sounds like the beginning of the word five (might be a bit of a stretch, but that's what helped me!). They are problematic as they can crowd out native species in a short amount of time due to the abundance of seeds produced by each plant. Small infestations can be pulled by hand, and it will be easier to pull them out when the ground is moist. Please click here for more information about this species.
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AuthorShikha Singh is the coordinator for the JLW CISMA. She has a BSc. in Biology from University of Western Ontario, and her master's and PhD at Michigan State University from the Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife. Her areas of expertise include water quality, water policy, invasive species, education/outreach and public speaking. |