Leafy spurge may have arrived in North America through a Massachusetts ballast dump in 1827; contaminated crop seeds later helped the invasive plant spread across the US and Canada
A plant native to Eurasia was recorded in North America in 1827, likely introduced through a ballast dump in Massachusetts. Known as leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula), the species later spread across the northern United States and southern Canada.
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Leafy spurge may have arrived in North America through a Massachusetts ballast dump in 1827; contaminated crop seeds later helped the invasive plant spread across the US and Canada
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