It's found along highways, ditches, and shorelines in southern Ontario, and it can grow to staggering heights, sometimes towering more than five metres above the ground. It's invasive phragmites, ...

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ANN ARBOR, MI — Nearly $315,000 in federal funding is headed to local groups across the region to step up control of invasive phragmites, an aggressive reed that overwhelms shorelines and wetlands. On ...

HURRICANE, Utah — Utah agriculture and wildfire officials are starting the spring with a warning about invasive species. Whether it’s Phragmites, crabgrass or tumbleweeds, these unwelcome plants are ...

A solution was found in 1992. Two predator leaf-eating beetles were introduced from Europe whose job was to curb the growth ...

When Michiganders think about invasive plants, a white speckled field of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) or the tall flower clusters of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) may come to mind. But ...

Officials in Ontario, Canada, are stepping up their efforts to address the spread of an invasive plant species wreaking havoc on communities. As reported by Inside Halton, the Ontario Phragmites ...

On the left, the brown vegetation is a patch of Phragmites australis where herbicide was applied with a drone the previous fall. On the right is a control patch that was not treated with herbicide and ...

Michigan officials are asking for the public's help in identifying and preventing the spread of invasive species. Invasive species are a growing problem in Michigan, causing billions of dollars in ...