For years, we have removed every buckthorn shrub that crept onto our property, but recently this invasive species has gotten out of hand. This fall, we found several that were taller than us and ...

Q: Can you please explain how to distinguish common buckthorn (which is invasive) from alderleaf buckthorn (which I see is listed as a desirable native plant)? The Seek app can distinguish them but it ...

Goats are a nontoxic, easily transportable tool for removing invasive species like glossy buckthorn. × Goats may very well be the greatest of all time—GOATs, literally and figuratively!—when it comes ...

The buckthorn blight seems never-ending for large swaths of northern U.S. forests, including Minnesota which has labeled the shrub noxious since 1999. While the species has been gaining strength since ...

You might have noticed a dense hedge, large shrub or small tree in your yard. Does it have glossy, broad green leaves that open early in spring? It might be buckthorn, one of the most troublesome ...

If the invasive buckthorn that is strangling the life out of Minnesota’s forest floor has a weakness, it is right now, in the shortening daylight of the late fall. With a little help and planning, ...

WASECA — Forty-five degrees and spitting rain, Thursday morning in Waseca’s Courthouse Park would have been unpleasant for a crew of people cutting invasive buckthorn. A roaming pack of about 40 goats ...

Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) has emerged as a plant of considerable interest due to its rich profile of vitamins, carotenoids, fatty acids and polyphenols. Its oil, extracted from the ...