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Eradication
According to control experts, there are chemical, physical ways, and environmental ways of eradicating noxious weeds. Those include pulling the entire weed out of the ground, spraying herbicide if it's a large area, and using machines to turn over the soil. According to farmers, using goats can prove a more ecological way of getting rid of noxious weeds, instead of using herbicide. Also, overplanting a native species is a long term solution in eradicating noxious weeds. A noxious weeds is a plant that carries harmful parasites or diseases. Noxious weeds pose a threat to the environment, people, and economy. Some common noxious weeds in New Zealand are Broad-Leaved Dock, English Ivy, and Oxalis. These plants may be aesthetically pleasing, but they smother native plants and are hard to eradicate. Noxious weeds came to the U.S. by way of colonization. Some wildflowers are lesser known noxious weeds. A few of them are banned in certain states. Take the Ox-eye Daisy for example, it came over in colonizers seed bags. This is the common daisy seen at roadsides. It is prohibited in 10 states for agriculture mostly. It is the most banned out of any wildflower.

Another wildflower that is a noxious weed is Australia

Some noxious weeds in Australia are, Alligator weeds, Horsetails, and Branched broomrape. The government of Victoria will get rid of all these plants for free. Alligator weeds are banned in all the states and territories of Australia. They can create large mats that can cause considerable blockages of waterways. Horsetails are poisonous to livestock. They are also extremely challenging to eradicate, as they can fragment off and the fragmented pieces can grow new plants. Kind of like succulents. Branched broomrapes are parasitic noxious weeds. they attract themselves to the roots of other plants and extracts water and nutrients.