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Cynthia Roché

Cindy Roche has an MS from Washington State University in Forestry and Range Management and a PhD from the University of Idaho in Plant Science. She wrote numerous Pacific Northwest Extension Bulletins on noxious weeds and has been editor of the journal of the Native Plant Society of Oregon, Kalmiopsis, for ten years. 

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  • Meadow knapweed

    Meadow knapweed (Centaurea moncktonii) is a hybrid between two European knapweed species: black knapweed (Centaurea nigra), which is native to the British Isles and brown knapweed (Centaurea jacea) which is native to continental Europe. Both parent species are sold as flower seeds in the …

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