Glossy buckthorn, a small, woody tree from the Rhamnaceae family, is an understory invasive that produces large amounts of seeds and outcompetes many native species. It’s also both sun and shade ...

Thanks to its hardy nature, buckthorn can rapidly invade environments, but researchers think that Minnesota's native plants ...

Common buckthorn is a Restricted noxious weed. It is illegal to import, sell or transport buckthorn in Minnesota. Clusters of black 1/4–1/2 inch fruit ripen on female plants only in August and ...

Glossy buckthorn should be reported. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources provides detailed recommendations for reporting invasive species. Mostly sub-opposite, sometimes alternate. Thin and ...

In the mid-19th century, North America imported two species of Eurasian buckthorn—common and glossy—because they made lovely ornamental hedges. Big mistake. Mike Schuster, Researcher, Department of ...

In ecosystems dominated by invasive species, wildlife struggle to find food and shelter. Plants regulated by the Illinois Exotic Weed Act: Japanese honeysuckle, multiflora rose, purple loosestrife, ...

Sea-buckthorn is a spiny, thicket-forming shrub of sand dunes. It's native to the east coast of England but considered an invasive species elsewhere. It is most obvious in autumn when it is full of ...

European buckthorn is native to Eurasia. It was introduced to North America as an ornamental shrub for fencerows and wildlife habitat. This invasive alien species is found in Manitoba and is a large ...

Over the next two weeks the goats of Regenerative Ruminants will be helping Keweenaw Invasive Species Management Area on a research project at Swedetown Trails lossy buckthorn, a woody invasive ...