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 ...

Experts want to combat new species of plants that are moving around within the United States, and coming from around the ...

Invasive plants can cause serious damage to your yard. ... The thick spikes make it a noxious weed that’s become such a large problem that Pennsylvania banned the sale of Japanese Barberry in 2021.

Invasive Japanese barberry, burning bushes are harming Michigan forests . Published: Sep. 26, 2023, 7:15 a.m. 10. 1 / 10. ... The invasive plants then take root in other places, ...

For other readers: "The importation, distribution, trade, and sale of Japanese barberry have been banned in Massachusetts effective Jan. 1, 2009 (Massachusetts Prohibited Plant list website, 2012). It ...

Japanese barberry attracts Lyme disease-carrying pests. Japanese barberry is a compact, thorny shrub native to Japan that came to the U.S. through the horticulture industry. This invasive species ...

Certain invasive plants, like Japanese barberry, provide habitat for ticks. New research aims to determine how much cutting down on these invasive species could reduce the risk of tick-borne diseases.

Invasive plants have become a big issue in Pennsylvania in ... and mile-a-minute weed, for example) but also some recent adds that gardeners had been buying to plant, such as Japanese barberry, ...

What do these plants have in common: Callery pear trees, barberry shrubs and yellow flag iris? Sure, they’re all pretty in bloom. But more ominously, they are all invasive plants. These are a… ...

Invasive Japanese barberry shrubs grow wild across Michigan, with heavy infestations in places such as Clinton and Manistee counties. ... The invasive plants then take root in other places, ...