Super-smelly callery pear trees and prickly Japanese barberry shrubs have been targeted for new regulations by state ...

TRAVERSE CITY, MI – There are two widely popular landscaping shrubs wreaking havoc on forests across Michigan and the Midwest: Japanese barberry and winged burning bush. The bushes are known to ...

Herbalist and educator Dr. Dana Driscoll will lead a two-part community event Friday, June 14, focused on identifying, removing and transforming the invasive Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii) — ...

Once you know what to look for, you'll probably see invasive species that threaten area forests everywhere you look. But it takes time for people to begin to recognize the spread of popular landscape ...

Invasive plants are everywhere, from the phragmites that clog the sides of streams to the bright red burning bush that lights up the side of the highway in the fall. They don’t simply take up room ...

Q: What’s a good replacement for barberry? Once I identified the plants in my new yard and realized this is invasive, I intend to replace it, but it’s hard to decide what to use instead. A: Japanese ...

Kristen Ross is a restoration ecologist at Vermont State University and one of the collaborators on a research project to study the connection between managing invasive plants and ticks. She did field ...

Next week (Feb. 24-28) is National Invasive Species Awareness Week, an international event that aims to expose invasive plants and bugs that pose threats to the environment, economy, and more ...

There are nearly 150 species of invasive plants in Wisconsin, causing damage to the economy, ecosystems and human health in the state, according to the Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin. Mary ...