Baltimore - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) botanists confirmed on May 7 that two weed seeds that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists discovered Jan. 27 at Baltimore Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport in a traveler's bag were the highly invasive Mimosa pigra, commonly known as Giant Sensitive Plant, and Mimosa diplotricha, commonly known as Giant False Sensitive Plant, both first ever discoveries at the Port of Baltimore. (more)
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