Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Maine colors

©2016 Lydia Hinshaw
A burning bush

 WELLS, ME -- There are striking colors everywhere here this time of year, and some of them are evil.
 Case in point, the burning bush pictured above, outside a motel in Ellsworth, ME.  We've been admiring these all over, but learned on the Internet that they are invasive plants.
 Birds eat burning bush seeds and then disperse them over a wide area, where they crowd out the native plants, much like Brazilian peppers and melaleucas back home in Florida.
 
 

 

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