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Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) was introduced to North America as a culinary herb in the 1860s and it is considered an invasive species in much of North America. As of 2020 [update] it has been documented in most of the Eastern United States and Canada, with scattered populations in the west. [ 1 ]
Garlic mustard was introduced to North America by European settlers in the 1800s for culinary and medicinal purposes. [8] The species was recorded as being in Long Island in 1868. [ 9 ] It has since spread all over North America, apart from the far south of the US and some prairie states and Canadian provinces. [ 10 ]
[98] [99] Garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata, is one of the most problematic invasive plant species in eastern North American forests, where it is highly invasive of the understory, reducing the growth rate of tree seedlings and threatening to modify the forest's tree composition. [100]
Garlic mustard was first introduced into the U.S. in 1868 in Long Island, New York, from Northern Europe and Asia. It was brought to the U.S. for erosional control as well as its herbal qualities.
In North America, there are few enemies of garlic mustard.
This is a list of invasive species in North America.A species is regarded as invasive if it has been introduced by human action to a location, area, or region where it did not previously occur naturally (i.e., is not a native species), becomes capable of establishing a breeding population in the new location without further intervention by humans, and becomes a pest in the new location ...
Despite the fact that garlic mustard is non-native, females in the group with widespread garlic mustard showed an oviposition preference for it. The larvae in this group on the mustard plants had reduced survival rates than those on their normal native hosts. Females in the group with the newly introduced garlic mustard had a wide range in ...
Either way, the blend of garlic, oil and egg makes this mustard versatile enough to eat with everything from fries to grilled vegetables, or try it as a burger spread. 5. Trader Joe’s Eggplant ...