If you’ve ever discovered a plant that seemingly appears out of nowhere and starts taking over your garden like a bad dream, you may be dealing with an invasive plant. These plants, often accidentally ...

Now’s a good time to identify and get rid of any invasive plants on your property before they have a chance to disburse seeds that will multiply future troubles. Most plants have flowered for the ...

For novice gardeners, it might sound reasonable to assume that any bit of greenery in your yard is a good sign. Due to the potential presence of invasive species, that is not always the case. An ...

Conservation is about preserving the natural world for future generations and the health of our ecosystems. But sometimes, to save local environments, you have to kill some plants. Specifically, ...

Even worse are rhizome spreaders like ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria) and mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), which several readers identified, some after months of confusion. Reader Tricia in ...

Misidentification of Hydrilla verticillata and native Elodea canadensis creates significant regulatory compliance risks and costly management failures for aquatic plant managers and environmental ...

Plants have long traveled the world with humans, purposefully transported and planted in regions they had never grown before. The early colonists brought plants, fruit trees, grasses and grains to the ...

UIC’s MEC Lab studies the traits that make invasive plant species harmful. Its new grant-funded mural project aims to promote ...