Common buckthorn, a woody shrub/small tree in the Rhamnaceae family, is an understory invasive that produces large amounts of seeds and outcompetes many native species. Additionally, this species is ...

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 ...

As a plant fanatic, I have had to accept that not all plants are suitable for the American landscape. There are just some plants, no matter how many great qualities they possess, are actually ...

“I have neglected a large section of my garden in the backyard, and buckthorns have moved in and become a big problem. What is a good strategy to get rid of these invasive trees?” Common buckthorn ...

Common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) is also known as European buckthorn, Hart’s thorn, waythorn and Rhineberry and is one of three invasive species of buckthorn that can be found in Illinois. A ...

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 ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has added ravenna grass, glossy buckthorn and common buckthorn to a list of noxious weeds — plants that cannot be legally sold or cultivated in the state.

MOORHEAD — Volunteers will be pruning back a non-native species of buckthorn in Moorhead on Tuesday, May 16, in an attempt to keep the invasive species at bay. Starting at 10 a.m., volunteers will ...

WASECA — Forty-five degrees and spitting rain, Thursday morning in Waseca’s Courthouse Park would have been unpleasant for a crew of people cutting invasive buckthorn. A roaming pack of about 40 goats ...

There comes a time when, even this far north, you’ve had enough of road construction and zucchini and are ready for summer to end. But it hardly looks like autumn here. The landscape is still lush ...

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 ...