Examples of star thistle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web However, environmental groups and scientists are now warning that brush removal projects may actually exacerbate the risk of fire by inadvertently helping to spread invasive grasses such as black mustard, star thistle and ripgut grass. — Joshua Emerson Smith, Los Angeles Times, "Cal Fire plans to rip out vegetation in San Diego County. But will that add fuel to a blaze?," 30 Sep. 2019 However, environmental groups and scientists are now warning that brush-removal projects may actually exacerbate the risk of fire by inadvertently helping to spread invasive grasses, such as black mustard, star thistle and ripgut bromus. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Will Cal Fire’s plan to rip out vegetation in San Diego lead to an explosion in flammable invasive grasses?," 30 Sep. 2019 Working Dogs for Conservation has trained dogs to find spotted knapweed in Montana, Chinese bush clover in Iowa, yellow star thistle in Colorado, rosy wolf snails in Hawaii and brown tree snakes in Guam. — Washington Post, "Wags and weeds: Invasive plants meet match in detection dogs," 24 Aug. 2019

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