For agriculture, forestry or as ornamental plants, humans have brought countless plants to countries or even continents where they did not originally occur. Some of these have become invasive and are ...
Worse yet, the leaves, roots, and bark all contain allelopathic compounds which inhibit the growth of nearby plants. The leaves of tree-of-heaven resemble those of black walnut. The technical term for ...
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.
Outomuro explained that lanternflies used the “tree of heaven” plant as a host, a species of which Pittsburgh has a “significant amount.” However, Outomuro said the apparent decline in lanternflies ...