In the February installment of the webinar series, "Landscapes that Last," participants will get tips on how to identify and ...

They may be pretty, but invasive shrubs crowd out native plants and ruin local ecosystems in your backyard. Keep these ...

Conservation is about preserving the natural world for future generations and the health of our ecosystems. But sometimes, to save local environments, you have to kill some plants. Specifically, ...

Last fall, I decided to challenge myself by enrolling in the notoriously difficult course ENVIRON 436, also known as Woody Plants. This class focuses on one thing — the identification of Michigan’s ...

If you’ve ever discovered a plant that seemingly appears out of nowhere and starts taking over your garden like a bad dream, you may be dealing with an invasive plant. These plants, often accidentally ...

Plants have long traveled the world with humans, purposefully transported and planted in regions they had never grown before. The early colonists brought plants, fruit trees, grasses and grains to the ...

Aiming to solve a problem literally from the ground up, sophomores Sophie Zeng and Grace Yao of The Bishop’s School in La Jolla recently won the school’s Social Innovation Challenge with Project ARISE ...

Tree-of-heaven (ToH), also known as Chinese sumac, varnish tree, or stink tree, is a large, rapidly growing deciduous tree native to parts of China. Tree-of-heaven was introduced to North America as ...

Northern Michigan summers are well loved for the region's natural landscapes. However, local grass, leaves and wildflowers are not the only ones that thrive during the summer season. Invasive species ...

Myrtle spurge is an invasive plant that can be found throughout Boise’s lower Foothills and along popular trails. It’s a succulent-like Mediterranean plant sometimes used as decorative landscaping in ...