Horticulture was responsible for Japanese knotweed’s arrival to the UK via imports of seed and live material in the 19th century. The farming industry has since been paying the price with the loss of grazing and damage to buildings wrought by this invasive non-native species; it has prevented development on farmland too through strict planning […]
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