"The vine crumbled when I tried to cut it!" Volunteer captures bizarre photo during invasive species removal effort: 'Looks ...

Glossy buckthorn, a small, woody tree from the Rhamnaceae family, is an understory invasive that produces large amounts of seeds and outcompetes many native species. It’s also both sun and shade ...

Here’s how to identify it and kill it. Common buckthorn, the most widely-found variety, has glossy green leaves with noticeable leaf veins. Its trunk is gray and smooth when young, and there’s ...