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Re: Goats for a goat prairie?

The information that I have is that poison ivy is a native plant, not an
alien.
Many thistles are native also.  Be sure of your identification before
judging these plants.  Poison ivy may not be a desirable plant in your
eyes, but it is native.



At 06:54 PM 8/6/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello:
>
>We have a two-acre area containing a mixture of native and alien plants.
>Two of the aliens are thistles and poison ivy.  I understand goats enjoy
>both of these plants. Would a few goats -- carefully managed -- get them
>under control without destroying native forbs and grasses?
>J. A. Raasch
>University of Wisconsin - Madison
>Plant Biotechnology Laboratory
>UWBC 425 Henry Mall
>Madison, WI   53706
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