Public landowners must eradicate invasive strandkotula
Swedish public authorities must eradicate strandkotula on land they control after the yellow-flowered coastal plant was added to the country’s first national list of invasive species.
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The plant is established along coasts in Halland, Småland, Blekinge and Skåne, as well as on Öland and Gotland, according to SVT. It has also been found in Södermanland.
Halland’s county administrative board is trying to contain it by burning stands in coastal nature reserves near Varberg. Dense mats can displace native vegetation in shore meadows and salt marshes.
Private landowners are exempt from the general eradication duty but must stop listed species spreading from their property, Naturvårdsverket says. Cultivating the plant remains prohibited.
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