Corralitas Public Staircase: Pull Out Those Castor Seedlings Before They Get Established!

Photo: Diane Edwardson, June 12, 2015.  Above ground, Castor Bean seedlings look like harmless 2" seedlings.  Below ground, they've got a 6" tap root.  If you pull it out and leave it on the dirt, it will grow right back within a day and double in size a day later.  

Castor Beans are are non-native, invasive and in the past, have broken apart the Corralitas Public Staircase.  They are a