An Introduction to Scotch Broom
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Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparious) is a perennial shrub native to western and central Europe and is a noxious species in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Reminiscent of the dreaded hitches of the Nevada Conservation Corps where we pulled the invasive Brassica, or Sahara mustard, most of the time our NCCC team spent working with the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department was spent removing Scotch Broom. Our first taste of this invasive was at a Willamette River tributary, the Luckiamute River.
Scotch Broom was removed from the landscape and placed into a trailer to later be burned.
The NCCC team takes lunch by the Luckiamute River.
Sydney Lawson handles a snake found on the rocks by the river.
