State officials say foreign invasive plants are continuing to take over Georgia’s forests and grasslands.
One of them, Asian privet, now infests more than a million acres in the state, The Athens Banner-Herald reported . That’s according to recently released Georgia Forestry Commission statistics.
The report shows that privet’s hold on Georgia grew from an estimated 637,916 acres (258,155 hectares) in 2009 to 1.1 million acres (451,597 hectares) in 2015.
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