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

June’s weed of the month is glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus). Glossy buckthorn is a highly invasive large shrub or small tree native to Europe and Asia. It threatens riparian, wetland and upland ...

Glossy buckthorn, a small, woody tree from the Rhamnaceae family, is an understory invasive that produces large amounts of seeds and outcompetes many native species. It’s also both sun and shade ...

Vermonters can help protect not only wildlife, but also the state economy by managing invasive species in yards and public spaces. Invasive plants can displace native species, disrupt the food chain, ...

The exotic invasive plant glossy buckthorn is spreading through Midland s nature areas. Once considered to be a good hedge, buckthorn is creating headaches for those trying to protect native ...

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 ...

Dahlem Conservancy members tend to a smoldering fire behind 1427 Wickwire Road. The control burn put on by the Dahlem Conservancy and local fire departments cleared a six acre span of dead, overgrown ...

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 ...

JACKSON, MI -- In conjunction with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The Dahlem Conservancy began removing glossy buckthorn, an invasive species, from 11 acres of conserved wet meadow land earlier ...

Common buckthorn and glossy buckthorn retain their leaves well into late fall, so now is a good time to identify and control this invasive shrub. Buckthorn out-competes native plants, degrades ...

While spring gardening might not be foremost on residents’ minds during a snowstorm, the state announced Friday it will ban plant sales of certain pampas grasses and two varieties of buckthorn. The ...

DURHAM — Planting grass turf in tilled agricultural soil greatly reduced the ability of new growth of the invasive shrub glossy buckthorn to establish itself in a new area by seed, according to ...