Iowa City fighting garlic mustard:
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Iowa City hopes to set world record following garlic mustard hunt 


Associated Press - May 20, 2007 7:14 PM ET 

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Volunteers in Iowa City spent three hours this
weekend pulling garlic mustard from the ground. They hope their efforts
will result in a new world record and more awareness of the pestlike
plant.

Tomorrow, city employees will weigh bags filled with garlic mustard at
the Iowa City Landfill. City officials think they'll have a world record
- if the bags weigh more than 3,000 pounds.

Garlic mustard is native to Europe and parts of Asia and Africa. Insects
and fungi that control the plant's growth don't live in Iowa. Terry
Robinson, superintendent of Iowa City's parks and forestry, says the
plant is a highly invasive species. It will shade out and out-compete
all the native plants inside the woodland or along the edge of a stream.

Robinson says the city has a chance to set a new record. That's because
nobody else has ever done it.

Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material
may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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