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Sylvan Kaufman and Wallace Kaufman are the authors of Invasive Plants: Guide to Identification and the Impacts and Control of Common North American Species published by Stackpole Books. Here we update you on the latest research, control techniques, news and issues surrounding invasive plants.-
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Foraging for Invasive Plants
Yellow groove bamboo (Phyllostachys aureosulcata) is now featured on some restaurant menus! The New York Times T Magazine (“What’s Behind the Frenzy Over Bamboo in Cooking?” 10/10/24) described how some restaurants are using foraged pickled and salt-cured bamboo on menus. … Continue reading
Invasive Species Collaborative at Virginia Tech
Started in 2016, the Invasive Species Collaborative at Virginia Tech has been growing quickly to add new faculty positions and promote new collaborations to understand invasive species impacts on society. Director Dr. Jacob Barney is now serving a two-year term … Continue reading
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Using Native Plants to Outcompete Invasive Plant Species
I’ve listened to and participated in many discussions about how to outcompete invasive plants using native plant species. Competition could be used to prevent new invasions or to aid in restoration after removing invasive plants. A recent article in Restoration … Continue reading
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Flowering Rush a Threat to Wetlands
Introduced as an ornamental plant, and perhaps also accidentally introduced through ballast, flowering rush, Butomus umbellatus, has spread into lakes, ponds, marshes, and irrigation ditches across southern Canada and the northern United States. Several characteristics make it a great invader. … Continue reading
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Japanese eelgrass in the Pacific Northwest
My dad was out kayaking on a slough near Newport, OR with some botanists and learned about Japanese (or dwarf) eelgrass, Zostera japonica. It often occurs in the same locations as the native common eelgrass, Z. maritima, but higher in … Continue reading
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Hybrid Tumbleweeds
In another couple months the tumbleweeds will be rolling along in the western United States. Wells and Ellstrand (2016) at the University of California – Riverside documented a new hybrid species of tumbleweed, Salsola ryanii, rapidly expanding its range. Salsola ryanii … Continue reading
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Eating invasives
Spring is here and along with it some of the more edible invasive plants. Anyone for a dish of knotweed kimchi or garlic mustard pesto pasta? Pittsburgh has gone to great lengths developing edible uses for Japanese knotweed, Fallopia japonica. … Continue reading
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Murdannia keisak is making a name for itself
According to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Murdannia has no known common name and generally goes by Anielema, its former Latin name. The USDA PLANTS website calls it wartremoving herb and Invasive.org calls it marsh dayflower. Maryland Extension … Continue reading
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