The horses too were asleep in the purple loosestrife, and there was an intense peace over all things.

By still ponds, to which the moorhens have now returned, tall spikes of purple loosestrife rise in bunches.

As trade with the colonies grew, more purple loosestrife was dumped along American shores as ships jettisoned ballast before taking on cargo.

Purple loosestrife is surely one of the worst invaders the American landscape has seen.