Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! This week I want to talk about Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima), an invasive ...
Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! This week I want to talk about tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima), an invasive ...
Question: I’ve noticed these tall trees growing along the bridge across from Stewart Park. They have interesting seed pods.
Stop planting Chinese pistache! Apparently 8.1% of our urban tree canopy is Chinese pistache (Pistacea chinensis), now the most common urban tree in Chico. I have spent hundreds of hours with ...
Q. What causes them to be so invasive? A. They have very few natural enemies here, so there’s not anything to keep them in check. And their preferred host plant is one of the weediest trees in our ...
A global study has revealed that insect invasions are being driven by the proliferation of non-native plants. This can can massively disrupt ecological processes, often leading to serious economic ...
While garlic mustard and Japanese stiltgrass can be pulled out of the ground, other invasive plants including tree of heaven, callery pear trees and wineberry have to be cut down and dug up.
Beyond the tree of heaven, what else can they harm? Vineyards should worry a lot. Wild grapes, commercial grapes as well, are one of the favorite host plants for them, and they can do a lot of ...
The spotted lanternfly is a sap feeding plant-hopper from China ... as well as the invasive "Tree of Heaven". It can be detrimental to farmers. "We've seen a big explosion across the state ...
older invasive species from the 1700s that is considered a noxious weed in Pennsylvania. In that sense, there could be a ...
This week I want to talk about tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima), an invasive species from Asia. It has been in the news lately because it is a major host plant of the spotted lanternfly ...
A startup called American Castanea has joined the quest to revive the American chestnut tree, the first step in its plan to ...