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US (CA): Native plant nurseries get ahead of dangerous pathogens

Off an industrial road and below a span of hills that comprise the eastern span of the Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline in Point Richmond, Watershed Nursery has the air of a prolific, sunny plant nursery.

Rows of seedlings poke out of black, plastic containers and a greenhouse smells of moist soil and fresh, green shoots. At the gate, a visitor is greeted by the nursery’s friendly canines — Juma, a Rhodesian ridgeback; Tyla, a rescue mutt; and Pipsqueak, a long haired chihuahua.

Yet, this friendly, native plant nursery is on high alert. A visitor’s first foot onto the property lands on a mat awash in disinfectant, and that’s just the start of many precautions on site.

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