I recently discovered that what I thought were beautiful flowers in my yard are actually noxious weeds. Can you explain how to identify noxious weeds and why they are harmful? Spring has sprung, and ...

Even worse are rhizome spreaders like ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria) and mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), which several readers identified, some after months of confusion. Reader Tricia in ...

If we want to protect the native plants and animals in our communities, we must be on high alert for invasive species disturbing our local ecosystems. One TikTok user, Stephen Camp (@b0tanica), ...

Washington is home to over 140 noxious weeds that can be toxic to humans and damage habitats and wildlife. Noxious weeds are defined as “invasive, non-native plants that threaten agricultural crops, ...

The government is being criticised for what's been described as a seriously negligent new plan for an invasive weed.

Aquatic invasive weeds are plaguing Lake Tahoe. Despite expensive and regular mitigation efforts, a collection of invasive species of weeds, namely Eurasian watermilfoil and curlyleaf pondweed, has ...

There are 32 species of noxious and invasive weeds found in Summit County, mind you, I said county! These invasive species do not honor boundaries. Granted, they entered our developed areas initially, ...

While addressing weed control and pressing agronomic issues is a farmers’ priority during the growing season, ensuring adjacent wetlands and riparian buffer zones within crop fields are healthy and ...