Like other invasive plants, the buckthorn bush "grows and spreads quickly, sprouting leaves before native plants, shading ...

This is the perfect time of year to talk about buckthorn. If there's something in your yard or woods that still has green leaves on it, chances are it's buckthorn. It's an invasive species that chokes ...

Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources lists common (European) buckthorn and glossy buckthorn as the non-native, invasive buckthorn species found in Minnesota. Both species can grow as shrubs or ...

Common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) is also known as European buckthorn, Hart’s thorn, waythorn and Rhineberry and is one of three invasive species of buckthorn that can be found in Illinois. A ...

Ueltzen said when buckthorn plants die, they increase the nitrogen on the ground, leading to a jump in arthropod populations ...

Common buckthorn, a woody shrub/small tree in the Rhamnaceae family, is an understory invasive that produces large amounts of seeds and outcompetes many native species. Additionally, this species is ...

People fight buckthorn with everything. They cut them with chain saws, yank out the seedlings, douse stumps with Roundup, imprison them under coffee cans and shovel out the roots. They sic goats on ...

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 ...

Join fall workdays to help remove invasive buckthorn from Kettle Moraine State Forest. All experience levels welcome.

MEQUON, Wis. - If you’ve taken a recent stroll in Rotary Park, you may have seen some goats in Pukaite Woods. Don’t worry, they’re there for a good reason. This herd is strengthening the environment ...

The invasive-exotic Rhamnus cathartica has been growing in parks and natural areas of North America for over 100 years where it has replaced native vegetation. Chemical herbicides have limited success ...