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Acting as a ground cover, contributing to soil phosphorus levels, functioning as a natural herbicide, providing floral color, and supporting native plants (Gaillardia grandiflora, Lupinus sericeus) are ways in which spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa) is not a pest. But at the same time, spotted knapweed fundamentally fits the pest bill for disagreeing with grazing sheep, dominating space, endangering neighboring plants through catechin-allelopathy grabbing water through a super-effective tap root, out-competing native bunchgrass, producing many seeds, and outwitting biological controls.

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