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 ...

Q. I heard buckthorn is an invasive plant. I want to remove it from my yard, but then what do I do with it? I don't want the seeds to germinate. A. Buckthorn is a native to Europe and western Asia ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.