Minnesota's native grasses and wildflowers can play a pivotal role in beating back the invasive plant buckthorn, which possesses a key advantage in its ability to retain leaves late into the fall.

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

Buckthorn grows fast and thick, out-competing the vast majority of native plants and shrubs for sunlight and then starving them under its shade.

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 ...

"It's literally mushroom soup," he says. Stone, an undergraduate majoring in ecology and evolutionary biology, is living proof that you don't have to wait until you graduate to tackle the complex ...

Student researchers in Minnesota aim to find a solution to eliminate buckthorn 01:57. MINNEAPOLIS — Researchers at the University of Minnesota are looking at the best ways to battle an invasive ...

Meanwhile, the invasion of buckthorn and its removal is estimated to have cost Minnesota millions, not including all the hard-to-quantify impacts from lost native biodiversity, said Mike Schuster ...

Buckthorn is an invasive plant that has some traits that allow it to outcompete native vegetation. $2 for 6 months SUBSCRIBE NOW Read Today's Paper Thursday, June 5 ...

Common buckthorn, a tree species native to Europe, has arrived in local forests, including Ottawa's Carlington Woods. Once it's in, it's difficult to remove.

Biologist Briar Howes says she's concerned for native plants in the woods neighbouring her street as they're being crowded out by invasive buckthorn. (Anchal Sharma/CBC ) Briar Howes considers ...