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Its name tells you maybe nothing, but you probably heard, either along the Lachine Canal, a highway in southern Quebec or newly cleared land. The Common Reed or Phragmites, is a plant species having the greatest spread in the province in recent years. The phenomenon worries biologists and annoys farmers. What is it exactly? common reed are found on all continents except Antarctica. If this is 3000 years in North America, only since the late 1950s he took a remarkable expansion in south-western Quebec. For example, the Boucherville islands, its progress has been meteoric. Absent from the region in 1970, this plant now occupies nearly 250 000 m2 and seems ever expanding. (1) is a European genotype, so exotic, introduced in recent centuries, however, that causes the problem, in addition to disruption of natural environments such as dredging, excavation, landscaping, etc.. Indeed, the disturbed soil are ideal for the spread of warbler.
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LAVOIE, C. (June 2008). Invasion of Phragmites along the road corridors : Current situation, causes and management , Transportation Studies and Research for the Department of Transport Quebec, the Quebec Government. http://www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/ [Online]. http://www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/portal/page/portal/Librairie/Publications/fr/ministere/recherche/etudes/rtq0802.pdf
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Quebec (2009). Weed Management: Common Reed . http://www.mapaq.gouv.qc.ca/ [Online]. http://www.mapaq.gouv.qc.ca/Fr/Productions/Protectiondescultures/mauvaisesherbes/fichesmauvaiseherbes/PhragmiteCommun.htm Accessed July 19, 2010.