Yellow flowers may look pretty, but they're killing native Utah plants

The bright yellow flowers blooming in northern Utah may look pretty to those strolling around the state, but they worry weed scientists.

LOGAN, Utah —

Ransom says the weed uses the water and nutrients from other plants. Dyer's Woad was brought from Russia to Utah by someone from who made dye.With no natural enemies, and few animals that eat it, Dyer’s Woad has spread though most canyons in Cache County, into the suburbs, and now surrounding counties and states.

One of Ransom’s student researchers found an herbicide that kills the weed’s seedlings as they germinate. Box Elder County will begin spraying for Dyer’s Woad from a helicopter Friday.

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