SPRING LAKE TOWNSHIP --- Buckthorn, first brought to Michigan from Europe in the mid-1800s as a popular hedging material, has proved an invasive species. Buckthorn has been seen in Spring Lake ...

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 ...

Q. I live just outside of the city limits. The buckthorn in my yard was growing here when we bought our house and serves a useful purpose in that it cuts down road noise and screens the view of my ...

It is likely that you have common buckthorn in your garden. I also battle buckthorn in my home garden. The large buckthorns in my neighbor’s backyard mean that buckthorn removal is a constant annual ...

Many have questions about the serious buckthorn problem. This is the time of year when it’s easy to identify buckthorn and determine how large the problem really is. In early November, most other ...

Right now is perfect time to be tackling the buckthorn problem we all share. But some have gotten a little more creative than others in how they attack the invasive shrub. That’s where Jake ...

The chance of a single cottonwood seed becoming a tree are akin to winning the Powerball. A female cottonwood’s obligation to keep its species going compels it to scatter more than a million seeds in ...