Buckthorn is becoming one of Minnesota’s most damaging invasive plants. If it is present in your woodland, it really becomes aggressive and invasive. I’ve even found it in my flower beds — no doubt ...

WINONA, Minn. — LaVern Fritz is sure his farm, like so many other areas in Minnesota, has buckthorn. "I know it’s there," he said. Fritz attended a workshop hosted by University of Minnesota Extension ...

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 ...

The Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District, the Brainerd Parks and Recreation Department and the Brainerd Rotary Club are using goats instead of herbicides to manage the European buckthorn at ...

Eric Becker (left) and Timothy Jones pull out invasive buckthorn plants by the roots at Dow Gardens Monday afternoon. If allowed to grow freely, the plant will take over an entire area. The exotic ...

David joined the WCCO team in April 2020, previously working at CBS 58 in Milwaukee. Prior to that, he worked in Las Vegas. While there, David covered several stories in the national spotlight, ...

The buckthorn is easy to spot right now with it's green leaves hanging on longer that pretty much anything else. And chances are, it's in your backyard. it's an invasive plant that grows so rampant ...

Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources lists common (European) buckthorn and glossy buckthorn as the non-native, invasive buckthorn species found in Minnesota. Both species can grow as shrubs or ...

Q. I heard buckthorn is an invasive plant. I want to remove it from my yard, but then what do I do with it? I don't want the seeds to germinate. A. Buckthorn is a native to Europe and western Asia and ...

Glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus) is an exotic invasive shrub within many Midwestern wetlands and adjacent ecotones, including those found in several National Wildlife Refuges. Where glossy buckthorn ...