Thanks to its hardy nature, buckthorn can rapidly invade environments, but researchers think that Minnesota's native plants ...

Some hedge plants, however, can be thuggish in nature, with vigorous growth rates proving challenging for gardeners. These ...

Ask anyone who frequents the forests of New England and they will likely speak of unwelcome companions — ticks. Blacklegged ...

She is also looking into what plants grow in the space a removed oak tree leaves behind. Anecdotally, she has noticed a lot of invasive buckthorn, which can be worrying because buckthorn has few ...

The quarter-mile section of Vermont Creek has been inaccessible due to invasive species, but members of Vermont Lutheran ...

Invasive plants also spread quickly in multiple ways, such as by seeds, creeping stems and roots, or fruits eaten by birds and dropped elsewhere. “Invasive plants proliferate themselves at a high rate ...

The 272-page book, titled "The Ecology and Management of Invasive Prosopis Trees in Eastern Africa," follows 10 years of extensive research conducted by CABI and partners under the Woody Weeds and ...

He said European settlers brought the worms to America in their planting sod and nursery plants. Frelich said the worms’ impact on native ecosystems makes room for invasive species like buckthorn, ...

A primary purpose of this work is to remove invasive tree species – Buckthorn and Callery pear – that have been encroaching into these areas. As the forestry mulcher works, woody debris may be thrown, ...

Buckthorn is one of the most difficult invasive plants to deal with in Minnesota and the solution usually involves removing it and burning the brush piles. But, for every pound of wood burned in ...