Article from P.E.I., Canada:
"There's a new way for Islanders to help keep invasive plants under control.
The first P.E.I. Invasive Species Spotter's Network training workshop starts Thursday.
People will be trained to identify, photograph and report invasive species, to help catch new ones before they become established and widespread on the Island.
Organizers hope...
"A University of Minnesota study published Wednesday shows that invasive plant species have an advantage over native species when grasslands are fertilized.
The study involved multiple years of data on 64 grassland sites in 13 countries around the world, including the university's Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve near East Bethel, Minn.
Researchers added phosphorus and...
"Japanese knotweed is spreading along local riverbeds and roadsides faster than anyone can kill it, and it might be too late to get rid of it.
And knotweed is just the most prevalent in a horde of invading botanicals that are quickly moving in.
Joining the ubiquitous thick, viny, broad-leafed, ever-expanding blanket are more than a half dozen other invasive species — to the alarm...
The spread of invasive plants will be nipped in the bud thanks to a $2.25 million investment from the provincial government.
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced that millions of dollars in funding will be distributed over the next three year in order to help reduce the spread of invasive species in British Columbia.
"OTTAWA COUNTY, MI -- The idea of "all-you-can eat" is a notion eight goats in Ottawa County will enjoy to the fullest this summer as year two of the county's initiative to rid parks of invasive plants gets underway.
PORTSMOUTH — It's invasive, insidious and, come to find out, delicious. Fallopia japonica, better known as Japanese knotweed, is a fast-growing, hard-to-kill perennial, that reaches the height of corn stalks, resembles bamboo and has been known to grow through asphalt and floorboards. It can be found in the Great Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge, lining Seacoast riverbanks and...
By Vermont Fish and Wildlife
Spring has finally arrived in Vermont, and gardeners and landscapers are eagerly breaking out their shovels in anticipation of the year’s spring plantings.
Beyond the beauty new gardens provide, landscapers can make a big difference for wildlife with the plants they choose, according to Vermont Fish & Wildlife biologist Jon Kart.
The lime-green flowers of the slender orchid known as the Small Whorled Pogonia used to bloom on forested slopes throughout New England, but they — and more than one-third of the region’s native orchids — are disappearing.
In all, 22 percent of all native plant species in New England are now either extinct, rare, or in a state of decline, strangled by invasive vines, trampled by...
Each country has its own invasive species and rampant plants with a tendency to grow out of control. In most, the techniques for dealing with them are similar - a mixture of powerful chemicals and diggers. But in the US a new weapon has joined the armoury in recent years - the goat.
In a field just outside Washington, Andy, a tall goat with...