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By Elaine Glier Special to the Rappahannock News
In honor of Earth Day, Mountain Laurel Montessori School students fought back invasive plants in the Shenandoah National Park. Armed with only their muscles and gloves, the fifth and sixth graders picked 18 bags of invasive weeds to make room for the emerging shoots of jack-in-the-pulpit, mayapple and skunk cabbage that are native to the region.
The most prevalent invasive found in the park this spring seemed to be garlic mustard, which the settlers brought over from Europe for medicinal purposes. The students also uprooted European invasives - wintercress and mullein to allow room for the park’s native plants to thrive.
While weeding a national park seems an overwhelming task, the students learned that every little bit helps. Sixth grader Emmy Boucher also participated last year and noticed that the plants were smaller this year.
“It took more weeds to fill up a bag, but it was easier to pull them up by the root,” she said. “It was hard work, but we made it fun by
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