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New Southern Invasive Plant Contractors adding plantings to a project may occasionally install an invasive species without knowing it. Japanese blood grass (Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron') is being recognized as a new invasive plant to avoid in certain southern states. Environmental educator Daniel Wheeler is raising awareness of 13 common and noxious invasive plants in a program called ���Aliens Japanese Blood Grass In Your Garden,��� which kicked off National (Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron') Invasive Species Awareness Week in March. He highlighted one recently escaped plant, Japanese blood grass, as ���worse than kudzu,��� and said the chemical-resistant and fireproof grass is pushing its way north toward North Carolina from Georgia and South Carolina. ���Studying invasive species can be a little depressing when you realize how many there are,��� Wheeler said. ���Part of the problem is that people are still buying and planting them.��� Wheeler said that local contractors know Bradford pears and some bamboos can get out of control, but it���s not so common knowledge that the leaves of the privet bush is poisonous to horses and other domestic animals. Wheeler labeled the privet as his ���Top Public Enemy.��� Global Fencing Market To Reach $29.1 Billion by 2018 According to a new market report from Transparency Market Research called "Fencing Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012 - 2018," the global fencing market is expected to reach $29.1 billion by 2018, growing at a CAGR of 4.4% from 2012 to 2018. The metal fencing market is in a commanding position owing to a wide range of products available under this category. Information Request # 432 40 LC DBM Kawasaki To Stop Making Handheld Lawn Equipment The Engines and Power Products Division of Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (KMC), announced that it will no longer be in the handheld power products business after December 31, 2013. Kawasaki said the move allows the company and its dealer network to focus resources on premium 4-cycle engines, which are the mainstay of its operations and will continue with even greater emphasis. Kawasaki���s handheld power products line includes string trimmers, blowers, hedgetrimmers, hedge clippers, an edger, and a multi-task series. The company will continue to implement programs and promotions that had previously been announced for the 2013 calendar year, and that all service and warranty support programs will remain for units ordered prior to December 31, 2013. This includes the stocking of parts needed to satisfy any claims for the life of the standard product warranty. Information Request # 494