Here’s how to identify it and kill it. Common buckthorn, the most widely-found ... In the spring, spray the leaves of young plants with a herbicide that has at least 20 percent glysophate.

And to keep buckthorn stumps from resprouting, “We found that a herbicide not widely used, called fosamine, is really effective,” Schuster adds. There’s one group that loves buckthorn: goats. A recent ...

When glossy buckthorn is young ... Larger saplings and small trees can be cut, but doing so will not kill the plant as the stems will resprout vigorously so herbicide should be applied to cut stems.