Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) is a common ornamental shrub that has become invasive in many parts of North America.

Japanese barberry, a woody shrub in the Berberidaceae family, is an understory invasive that can live in many different soil and light conditions. It has nitrogen containing roots (giving them a ...

While the Japanese barberry is a garden favorite, it’s not without its issues. Notably, in some regions, this variety has been identified as invasive. Its ability to spread quickly and dominate spaces ...

And for years, research has shown that ticks are more abundant on certain understory plants like Japanese barberry, bush honeysuckles and common buckthorn — all invasive species. Now ...

As it spreads, barberry displaces native plants and is considered invasive in and around the Northeast U.S. It also alters the chemistry of the soil, turning it more alkaline. 8. Japanese Barberry ...

For more than two decades, Pia Van de Venne of Murrysville has been working to rid the municipality’s parks of invasive plants including barberry, garlic mustard and Japanese stilt-grass.

These invasive plants have been found in the ... due to the people who have spent years pulling out garlic mustard. Japanese barberry: Found in just a handful of places along the trails.

Japanese knotweed, a notorious invasive species, finds itself on Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act. It's illegal under section 14 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to let this ...

A HOMEOWNER was slapped with a huge £4,000 bill after discovering an invasive plant had spread across her garden. The costly plant, which's not to be mistaken with Japanese knotweed, was ...

Japanese barberry is an invasive shrub that harms the environment and human health (not to mention our animal companions). They have escaped our gardens and now outcompete native plants in our forests ...

Invasive species are on the rise, not just in the Midcoast. Culprits like vinca, Japanese pachysandra and English ivy have consumed miles of real estate statewide, choking out native vegetation.