Posts Tagged: invasive plants
Giant hogweed is devastating parts of rural Russia
From New York Times, 3 October 2020 - A sad story about a poisonous invasive weed.
Photo: Sergey Ponomarev for the New York Times
Choosing ornamental plants for reduced invasiveness and flammability in the wildland-urban interface
The global horticultural trade in ornamental plants is well known to be a primary source of non-native invasive plant introductions worldwide. In the United States, non-native species make up as much as 80% of the ornamental nursery stock and account for most nursery revenue. Although only a small...
Quantifying floating aquatic vegetation using satellite imagery
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Delta Region Areawide Aquatic Weed Project (DRAAWP) has, as one of its purposes, to enhance and implement the rollout of new, innovative, or unique processes to support finding and controlling aquatic invasive species. It is using that overarching...
Invasive Spotlight: Japanese Dodder
From the Pest in the Urban Landscape blog • June 6, 2018 When people think of parasites, often what comes to mind are blood-sucking insects like bed bugs, head lice, and fleas or other bodily invaders on or in humans and other animals. But plants can have parasites too. Most of us are...
Sierra Valley Noxious Weed Tour: Pondering Soil Seed Life
Recently I was a participant on an educational noxious weed tour in Sierra Valley. It is a beautiful mountain valley where most agricultural production is devoted to grazing and hay production. The tour was set up by the Plumas Weeds group, to show land managers and ranchers various noxious weeds...