The short answer is it depends. It depends on the invasive species; how quickly it reproduces, how many offspring it produces, how many ways it has to spread itself, and…
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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…
Most alien (plant) species are well behaved. European settlers brought oats, wheat, barley, many varieties of turf grass; your name it they brought it to America. Think of boxwood, lilacs,…
When a species enters a new environment, it may find there a number of other organisms that keep it in check. There may be sufficient food and water. While there…
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…
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…
Are you a private landowner in the Mukwonago river watershed. who wants to remove invasive weeds and brush from your woodlands? The Friends of Mukwonago River has funds available now…
[faq p=4257] Spoiler From a biological standpoint they are the same. Weeds are plants that are out-of-place in a developed landscapesuch as a farm field, pasture, planting bed or lawn….
The University of Wisconsin Extension Weed Sciences program has released a new video about invasive species in Wisconsin. It tells what they are, why they are a problem, how they…