From purple loosestrife to kudzu, find facts about invasive plants—and learn why you'll want to eliminate these non-natives ...

As autumn paints our gardens with hues of gold and crimson, it’s easy to get caught up in the seasonal cleanup and ...

October provides us with the perfect window to plant herbaceous perennials. The soil still retains enough warmth and moisture ...

Purple loosestrife, a herbaceous perennial that is in the Lythraceae family, is a wetland invasive that prefers full sun and wet soil but is able to grow in shaded, drier conditions as well. Common ...

Aside from two waterfleas, the invasive species living in Lake Erie are very similar to those taking over the rest of the ...

Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) This plant from Europe and Asia came to North America in the early 1800s on the wool of European sheep and within ships that used soil as ballast.

The sensitive ferns were shriveling and turning yellow, surrounded by the small orange jewelweed flowers that were wilting in the drought. All the purple flowers of swamp loosestrife had vanished, ...

They say time goes faster as you get older, but I didn't think it went this fast! Weeks seem like days, and now nature is ...

Dispersal is an ecological process that involves the movement of an individual or multiple individuals away from the population in which they were born to another location, or population, where ...

Over time, this reduces range productivity for livestock. Weeds such as smooth brome or purple loosestrife can compete aggressively with native vegetation, and replace it. Weeds cause many problems.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) asks the public to check fire danger before conducting outdoor burning ...

Two imperiled plants — Edison’s ascyrum and lowland loosestrife — are found only in Florida in areas threatened by development. Species pictured in the slideshow are: Texas kangaroo rat, eastern ...