Japanese Barberry Ticks

They can hang singly or in clusters of up to. Japanese barberry berberis thunbergii is an invasive shrub that can blanket forest floors as shown above near lyme connecticut in april 2010.

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Japanese barberry ticks!!!

Japanese barberry has denser foliage than most native species. The sharp spine covered shrub which grows 3 to 6 feet tall is a prime housing location for deer ticks according to researchers in connecticut. There are a lot of reasons to want to control the non native plants that have invaded the state of maine. It will root where its drooping branches touch the ground a process called.

Japanese barberry a non native invasive plant that provides a haven for lyme disease bearing ticks will be considered for addition to pennsylvania s list of noxious weeds shutterstock. The ground cover creates a humid microclimate conducive to tick proliferation. Deer mice the larval host have higher levels of larval tick infestation and more of the adult ticks are infected with lyme disease. As a result the plants retain higher humidity levels.

Compact and dense the shrub rarely exceeds 4 feet in height. Emerging in summer the oval bright red berries last through winter. Manage japanese barberry to keep tick levels low reduce lyme risk. When barberry is controlled fewer mice and ticks are present and infection rates drop.

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