For years, we have removed every buckthorn shrub that crept onto our property, but recently this invasive species has gotten out of hand. This fall, we found several that were taller than us and ...

Q: Can you please explain how to distinguish common buckthorn (which is invasive) from alderleaf buckthorn (which I see is listed as a desirable native plant)? The Seek app can distinguish them but it ...

October’s Weed of the Month is a widespread, woody, understory shrub or tree called common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica). Native to Europe and Asia, it was introduced to North America as an ...

ALBERT LEA, Minn. -- Nancy Hughes remembers when she buckthorn. The brushy shrub has invaded near the creek that runs through the 200-acre Vandegrift family farm. It's in the ravines and near the ...

Because of its dense thickets and long growing season, ornamental common buckthorn was once seen as a prime choice for windbreaks, hedgerows and wildlife habitats. “Unfortunately, it was overly ...

If the invasive buckthorn that is strangling the life out of Minnesota’s forest floor has a weakness, it is right now, in the shortening daylight of the late fall. With a little help and planning, ...

University of Minnesota researchers are studying the use of fungi as a tool to control invasive buckthorn, a problematic species that crowds out native plants and persistently degrades forests in the ...

Sep. 17—SUPERIOR — The goats are back in town. A herd of roughly two dozen goats is again taking a bite out of invasive plants in Billings Park. The goats arrived on Tuesday, Sept. 16, and are ...

Share on Pinterest A new study shows that sea buckthorn berries contain powerful antioxidants and could aid diabetes and obesity treatments. Johner Images – Nilsson, Huett, Ulf/Getty Images A new ...

New research, published in SCI's Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture illuminates the untapped potential of the shrub sea buckthorn as a rich source of natural antioxidants in North America.

STARBUCK -- It took ten years and hundreds of hours of labor, but Glacial Lakes State Park is down to its last buckthorn-a fast-growing exotic shrub that threatened to take over the park's historic ...