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Montana Tech, University of Szeged researchers find invasive plants do more harm together

Dr. László Bakacsy conducts plant survey west of Montana Tech campus.

On an August day, west of Montana Technological University’s campus in Butte, a sea of white baby’s breath stretches across the landscape. The beautiful and delicate plant, an ornamental popular in flower arrangements and native to Eurasia, doesn’t look particularly menacing, but researchers say their impact on native grasslands they invade is anything but harmless.

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