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Utah State University Extension has a nice publication summarizing the forage value of a number of noxious weeds and a summary of toxicity reports of many of the plants at the end.  The report was written by Beth Burritt and … Continue reading →

Towson University researchers in Maryland want your help tracking the spread of wavyleaf basketgrass.  Get more information and download their app at http://heron.towson.edu/wavyleaf/home/

Ottawa County parks in Michigan got their first goat herd to do some invasive plant clearing, http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/05/goats_already_hard_at_work_in.html. Use of goats (or other livestock) for controlling invasive plants isn’t a new technique, but it has been regaining popularity. My dad and co-author used … Continue reading →

In a massive study of soil and water samples from across the US, researchers frequently found low levels of glyphosate and its byproduct aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA). The concentrations are below levels considered harmful to humans and wildlife, but little information is available … Continue reading →

Don’t rush to plant following herbicide application according to a new article published in Restoration Ecology.  In pots in a greenhouse experiment sprayed with aminopyralid or picloram at the recommended rate, native forb and grass seeds from a dry NW grassland … Continue reading →

Bushkiller vine, Cayratia japonica, has been found at 2 sites in Maryland, one in Anne Arundel Co. and the other in Baltimore (K. Kyde, MD DNR, 11/21/13).  These are the northernmost known occurrences of this plant. This vine looks a … Continue reading →

In a survey of 285 land managers in the U.S., researchers found that they spent nearly $4 million dollars per year on control of non-native Phragmites australis on 89,000 ha but few were happy with the results of their control … Continue reading →