I have a couple of questions about buckthorn. I was told recently that the five trees that I have in my back yard are buckthorn. I never knew what they were, but I certainly did not think buckthorn, ...

October is a great time of year to spot and manage the buckthorn on your property. Buckthorn is a tall shrub or small tree that can reach 25 feet tall. It is commonly found in the understory of ...

Common buckthorn and glossy buckthorn retain their leaves well into late fall, so now is a good time to identify and control this invasive shrub. Buckthorn out-competes native plants, degrades ...

Q: Can you please explain how to distinguish common buckthorn (which is invasive) from alderleaf buckthorn (which I see is listed as a desirable native plant)? The Seek app can distinguish them but it ...

Collectively, Chicago region forest preserves, including those in Lake and Cook counties, spend more than $1 million annually to eradicate buckthorn and honeysuckle, two of the area’s most invasive ...

Common buckthorn, a woody shrub/small tree in the Rhamnaceae family, is an understory invasive that produces large amounts of seeds and outcompetes many native species. Additionally, this species is ...

This is the perfect time of year to talk about buckthorn. If there's something in your yard or woods that still has green leaves on it, chances are it's buckthorn. It's an invasive species that chokes ...

For years, we have removed every buckthorn shrub that crept onto our property, but recently this invasive species has gotten out of hand. This fall, we found several that were taller than us and ...

BRULE — Some goats were watching a big, black nanny goat as she struggled to push over a tall bush of buckthorn. But when the bush got down to their level, they pounced. It was a goat stampede to get ...

MANKATO — Before this year's biology class, Rhaleecia Griffin thought the grove of trees outside her home looked beautiful and healthy. That was before she learned about the buckthorn crowding out the ...