WEED MIGRATION 



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New introductions have come not only into western Europe 

 from the United States, but from eastern Europe, Asia, and from 

 the tropical world. The Berteroa incana, a recent introduction 

 into Iowa, has been reported in Germany by Scherer. The spiny 

 knapweed (Centaur ea solstitialis) , a recent Iowa introduction, has 

 been reported from Germany by Lehmann, Bitter and Alpers. The 

 Galinsoga parviflora, an introduction from South America into 

 the United States, has been reported from northern Prance and 

 southern Germany by Kieffer. The storksbill (Er -odium mos- 

 chatum), the butterprint (Abutilon theophrasti) , the spiny clotbur 

 (Xanthium spinosum) and the shoo-ny (Hibiscus trionum), are 

 common plants of the tropical regions everywhere; these have ex- 

 tended far northward. In recent years they have been reported in 

 north Germany by Bitter. He has likewise reported as recent in- 

 troductions the yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis), Matri- 



Fig. 547. Velvet Weed or Butterprint (Abutilon theophrasti). A tropical weed 



now common in the north and spreading to Europe. 



(U. S. Dept. of Agr.) 



