Why does Finland have banned wild rose?
Rosa rugosa - Plant, familiar to every Russian (although his birthplace - the Far East, China and Korea). But in Finland this year, rosehip banned, I found out during my last trip to this country.
I remember, as a child is constantly collected and dried rose hips for herbal healing tea in the winter. And some of it even make jam!
What the Finns do not like briar?
Rosehip grows well on sandy and loamy soils, as well as along the banks of rivers and seas. And since, rosehips in Finland - is not a native plant, and introduced by then, and restrain its growth is quite simply no one.
In addition to human.
What happened was that in Finland rose hip captivated huge area along the banks of the river, which is why many of the animals can not even get to drink.
Very similar to our situation with the main "maize" country Khrushchev, who had introduced cow parsnip to surround them field. Cow parsnip allegedly kills pests in fields and can sekenomit to seed treatment.
That's why after 3 years the Finns want to completely exhaust all rosehips. And we have 50 years to bring hogweed could not ...