Sea buckthorn is a hardy shrub famous for its bright orange berries, which are packed with vitamins and antioxidants ...

Common buckthorn trees and shrubs are difficult to control once they get a foothold. Here's how to manage these landscape ...

The trees produce lots of fruit, which birds eat, thus spreading seeds far from the parent plant. Common buckthorn grows as a shrub or small tree that can grow to more than 20 feet in height, with ...

The new potential ally is crown rust, or Puccinia coronata, a fungus found on most buckthorn plants in the state. Crown rust is a notorious attacker of wheat, oats and barley that's been studied ...

Buckthorn has a longer growing season than most native trees, leafing out earlier in the spring and keeping its leaves longer in the fall. “That gives it an advantage,” Custic said.

Buckthorn, which can grow up to 22 feet, forms dense thickets that block the sun from native plants. It's recognizable as being among the last plants to hold onto its leaves in the fall and one of ...

And as it turns out, buckthorn's biggest enemy might just be the plants playing on Minnesota's home team. Read more: 13 New Animal Species That Were Discovered In 2024 How Native Plants Can Beat ...

Sea buckthorn oil may help hydrate a person's dry skin and hair. It also has anti-inflammatory properties. ... Sea buckthorn oil comes from the berries and seeds of the sea buckthorn plant.

Duluth Invaders volunteer Greg Cleary moves buckthorn trees he's cut down out of the way at Hawk Ridge on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. Cleary has been an avid bird-watcher since 1994.

A buckthorn plant is removed from some areas of the campgrounds by the Summer Youth Program of the Conservation Corps of Minnesota at the William O'Brien State Park, on Wednesday, July 10, 2013.