Dear Editor:
I’m a Grade 8 student at John Black PS. I think that the dog strangling vine, which is an invasive plant that is growing on the banks of the Grand River, is super harmful.
Dog strangling vine wraps around native plants and baby trees and might be toxic to livestock. Many native animals rely on plants and the dog strangling vine is killing the plants so the animals won’t be able to eat.
We need to work as a community to help our forests’ ecosystems and remove this harmful invasive species. It looks like oval leaves with pointy tips, arranged oppositely on the steam, and it grows up to two metres tall.
To remove it grab from the base of the plant and pull up making sure you got the roots, then dispose of it into a yellow county bag. This is something I think that everyone should be aware of.
Graham Dickie,
Fergus