A garden can appear totally fine and calm on the surface while a quiet invasion brews and builds underground. One tiny weed sprouts, another follows, and suddenly an aggressive plant starts pushing ...

I recently discovered that what I thought were beautiful flowers in my yard are actually noxious weeds. Can you explain how to identify noxious weeds and why they are harmful? Spring has sprung, and ...

Meet the most common botanical interlopers you're likely to find in your garden or vegetable patch, and learn how to treat each.

The invasive North American plant species Parthenium hysterophorus, commonly known as Santa Maria feverfew and famine weed, is now present in Africa, Australia, and India, where it is locally known in ...

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 ...

Environmental officials in West Michigan are putting a new spin on the phrase “fight fire with fire.” ...

An invasive vine is under close watch in Michigan.

Remember, invasive species did not come along uninvited. The movement of non-native species is anthropogenic. Humans brought ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Wrangling weeds may sound simple, but during National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW) it becomes a focused effort to protect Florida’s native landscapes one invasive plant ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Mesa County is warning residents about a noxious weed species called flowering rush. Flowering rush is a rare species of noxious weed that puts out a chemical that ...

Under the Noxious Weed Act, landowners must work to control and eradicate Amur honeysuckle on their property.