If last week was all about the squirrel farm damage and chaos caused by invasive plants, this week was the flip side of the coin. Gone to Seed This is…
Tag: invasive plants
Recently, I was asked by a young Asian student, “Do plants raised in a good environment flourish and grow bigger than plants raised in a bad environment?” At first, I…
For the past year, I have been fielding questions about conservation, biology and invasive species on the forum Quora. It gives me a chance to hear the questions and concerns…
Yes, the invasive perennial purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) was the scourge of midwestern wetlands for twenty years. Marshlands turned a pinkish purple every summer and fall because virtually all competition…
Living things (plants, animals, fungi, etc) evolved in communities. Plants turn sunlight and CO2 into sugars and starches that form the base of the food chain for all the other…
Absolute extinction is not the only danger, serious disruption to an ecosystem occurs much more often than the obliteration of a single species. When I finished college in 1983, I…
Landowners across southeastern Wisconsin know about common reed, an invasive grass that is even tougher than cattails. If this invasive species is on your hit list we have good news…
What would you say if somebody told you that a weed could crack the asphalt in you driveway, force its way through the foundation of you house and prevent maple…
Are you struggling with tough invasive like garlic mustard and reed canary grass? This is a great time to put a serious hurt on these super species. It is also…
As Labor Day weekend approaches, my father’s admonition to “work smarter, not harder” comes back to me. I was talking with a friend last week and he mentioned that they…