MAINE PUBLIC • October 13, 2020
The Maine Department of Agriculture Conservation and Forestry is urging landowners and nursery professionals to check for an aggressive, invasive plant that’s only recently been confirmed in Maine. “Japanese stiltgrass is a plant that came over to the United States in 1919 in Tennessee as a kind of packing material for china, and other uses,” says state horticulturalist Gary Fish. He says Japanese stiltgrass was discovered at a plant nursery in York County a couple of weeks ago. He says it’s one of the most harmful non-native invasive plants.