What began as a practical way to restore degraded landscapes has become one of the most widespread invasive shrubs in parts of the United States. The autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) is an invasive ...
September is a strange little overlap where sandals are still by the door, boots are creeping back into the wardrobe, and ...
Autumn Olive is a fast-growing, invasive shrub that is capable of fixing, or producing, its own nitrogen. Because Autumn Olive can naturally add nitrogen to the soil, it may be able to restore ...
With this being the first week of autumn, it seems appropriate to talk about an autumn fruit. Not the iconic New England apple, but rather an invasive small tree with the common name "autumn olive" ...
A Calvin College sophomore and a Calvin biology professor recently received $3,000 each from the Undergraduate Research Grants for the Environment (URGE) program. Kelly Edwards, 19, a biology and ...
A retired consulting forester is concerned about the expansive growth of an invasive plant in wilderness areas. Dennis Mash of Windber, Somerset County, is warning landowners about autumn olive, a ...
FOR THE FIRST DAYS OF THE AUTUMN SEASON. LET’S HEAD TO GROW GREEN. WELCOME TO TODAY’S GROW AT GREEN. WE’RE AT THE HOME OF BARRY AND LINDA LEBLANC IN MERRIMACK. I’M JOINED BY STEF CIESZYNSKI OF UNH ...
Today, my focus turns to yet another invasive plant and one of the 10 most wanted in terms of problem plants in our region. Our six acres of land in Putnam is mostly pastures and fields with trees ...