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Yellow Clematis - Gone Wild in the West

Clematis tangutica is seeding itself across the Calgary to Banff corridor. It is showing up elsewhere in Alberta suffocating native vegetation and becoming late season fire hazards.

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Early flower stage
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Yellow clematis can smother trees
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Late season fire hazard in the seed stage. Also it is difficult and time consuming to remove in industrial areas.
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Y. clematis flowers and seedheads - Calgary, Oct 2013
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Y. clematis smothers large shrubs in a parking lot in Calgary
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Y. clematis crawls vigorously in parking lot in Calgary, Oct. 2013
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Y. clematis crawls up a large shrub in Calgary
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