Phragmites grows much taller, denser and with deeper roots than the native marsh grass it overruns.
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Overruns
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fillflarefloodflourishflourishingforayfrequentgemmategerminatego beyondgone to seedgratuitygrossgrowgrow rankharryheavyhit and runhoatchinghog
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honeycombimbueimpenetrableimposeindentinroadinundateinundationjump a claimjungledjunglyjustifyknow no boundslagniappelambasteleafleaf outleaveleave no voidleavenleftoverlicklushluxuriantluxuriatemake free withmake upmake use ofmaraudmarginmonopolizeoccupyopenopen upoutspreadoutstepoutstretchoveraboundoverageoverbrimoverdooverfilloverflowingovergoovergrowovergrownovergrowthoverjumpoverleapovermeasureoverpassoverplusoverproduction
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overreachoverrideoverrunningoversetovershootovershoot the fieldovershoot the markoverspilloverspreadoverspreadingoverstepoverstockoverstrideoversupplyoverswarmoverwhelmpasspenetratepermeatepervade
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pipi a formpillageplagueplunderpluspour outpour overpourboirepreemptpreoccupyprepossesspullulateput forthput forth leavesput out budsraidramifyrankravageremainderrequisitionride downride override roughshod overriotriotousrootroutrun downrun overrun riotrun throughsackscourgesetset in printshootshoot upsit onslopsloshsmearsomething extrasparespillspill outspill oversplayspraddlespranglesprawlspreadspread like wildfirespread outsproutsprout upsquat onstormstrike rootstripsubjugatesubmergesuffusesuperaboundsuperioritysurpasssurplussurplusageswampswarmswarm withsweeptake all oftake it alltake overtake possession oftake roottake upteemteem withthickthrashtiptrampletrample ontrample underfoottrample upontranscendtransfusetread upontrimunfoldunweededupspearupsproutusurpvandalizevegetateweed-chokedweed-riddenweedywellwhelmwhipwiden
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Phragmites grows much taller, denser and with deeper roots than the native marsh grass it overruns. But those same traits that make it a powerful invader also mean it stores more carbon than native species.
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It is generally seen flying in the daytime, when it delights to suck honey from the flowers of the Scotch thistle, a plant which much overruns the forest lands when first cleared.
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