Wichita Park and Recreation Maintenance Supervisor Warren McCoskey pulls a bush honeysuckle plant in Oak park Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Some of the city's most prominent and distinctive parks have been invaded by killer plants -- serious enough that if not treated aggressively, may seriously threaten the future of the parks.
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Berries on a bush honeysuckle plant in Oak park Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Some of the city's most prominent and distinctive parks have been invaded by killer plants -- serious enough that if not treated aggressively, may seriously threaten the future of the parks.
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Great Plains Nature Center Naturalist Jim Mason cuts the immature seed heads from some Johnson grass in Chisholm park Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Some of the city's most prominent and distinctive parks have been invaded by killer plants -- serious enough that if not treated aggressively, may seriously threaten the future of the parks.
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Great Plains Nature Center Naturalist Jim Mason shows the distinctive markings of Johnson grass in Chisholm park Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Some of the city's most prominent and distinctive parks have been invaded by killer plants -- serious enough that if not treated aggressively, may seriously threaten the future of the parks.
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Wichita Park and Recreation Maintenance Supervisor Warren McCoskey measures the 8.5-inch stump of a bush honeysuckle plant that had been removed in Oak park. Some of the city's most prominent and distinctive parks have been invaded by killer plants -- serious enough that if not treated aggressively, may seriously threaten the future of the parks.
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Bush honeysuckle plants flank a walking path through Oak park, photographed Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Some of the city's most prominent and distinctive parks have been invaded by killer plants -- serious enough that if not treated aggressively, may seriously threaten the future of the parks.
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Wichita Park and Recreation Maintenance Supervisor Warren McCoskey shows the distinctive hollow stem of a bush honeysuckle plant in Oak park Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. Some of the city's most prominent and distinctive parks have been invaded by killer plants -- serious enough that if not treated aggressively, may seriously threaten the future of the parks.
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