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 ...

June’s weed of the month is glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus). Glossy buckthorn is a highly invasive large shrub or small tree native to Europe and Asia. It threatens riparian, wetland and upland ...

Dahlem Conservancy members tend to a smoldering fire behind 1427 Wickwire Road. The control burn put on by the Dahlem Conservancy and local fire departments cleared a six acre span of dead, overgrown ...

The head of the New Hampshire House Fish and Game and Marine Resources Committee is leading an effort to develop a ...

Common buckthorn and glossy buckthorn retain their leaves well into late fall, so now is a good time to identify and control this invasive shrub. Buckthorn out-competes native plants, degrades ...

Common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) and glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus) are species of invasive shrubs that have begun to cause problems across the United States. Considered restricted noxious ...

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 ...

Q: I have a large shrub border consisting of 10 to 12 foot tall plants that have dark purple to jet black fruit and dark green, glossy leaves, which stay on the shrubs well into November, when other ...

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 ...

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.