Since you want to add more edibles to your landscape, this would be a good addition, although it might not be easy to find.

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Thanks to its hardy nature, buckthorn can rapidly invade environments, but researchers think that Minnesota's native plants could be the secret to fighting it.

Minnesota researchers find that native plants can beat buckthorn on their own turf Virginia wildrye and other thatchy grasses can kill off young buckthorn before it takes over a woods.

Buckthorn grew aggressively at Almond Marsh near Grayslake before it was removed. The invasive plant blocks sunlight from the forest preserve floor, shading out native plants. Courtesy of the Lake ...

They sic goats on them. But buckthorn springs back to life like a zombie, a pernicious invasive, with multiple strategies to outcompete native plants and take over a landscape.

We depend on having native plants around and having forests that are completely dominated by buckthorn really reduces the value of those forests to people and nature alike," Schuster said.

Goats' appetite, livers and cuteness make them better at fighting non-native species than herbicides and mechanical mowers, naturalists say.

Volunteers are requested for a non-native plant removal on Nov. 3 from 2 to 6 p.m. in MB Johnson Park, located at 3601 11th St. N.

Get some tips on how to recognize and eradicate glossy buckthorn, an invasive species.

If you’ve been thinking that goats are the answer to all your buckthorn problems, read on to hear how researchers are finding limitations in the goats' superpowers.

In the College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science (CFRES) forest microbiology lab, a dozen clear glass flasks agitate on a shaker. Each contains small, saffron-yellow gelatinous balls—solid ...