A weed problem has prompted officials with the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument to close off a picnic area until late April.
Officials with a national monument south of Phoenix say they are temporarily closing their picnic area as the result of a weed problem.In a statement, officials with the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument say due to the density of stinknet that is growing in the picnic area, they have decided to close the area until April 30."We also ask that visitors avoid walking near or stepping on this flowing weed in other areas of the park to avoid spreading it," officials wrote.
According to the website for University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, stinknet is an invasive African annual weed that crowds out native plants, and becomes a fire hazard in the summer. The weed is spreading in Maricopa, Pinal, and Pima Counties, as well as in California, Nevada, Australia, and Mexico.
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