#invasiveplant — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #invasiveplant, aggregated by home.social.
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The Sweet-Smelling Herb That’ll Make Your Garden A Hummingbird Hotspot https://www.allforgardening.com/1708583/the-sweet-smelling-herb-thatll-make-your-garden-a-hummingbird-hotspot/ ##invasivePlant #FlowerGarden #garden #PineappleSage #ShowyFlowers
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Gardener raises concerns about local nursery’s products https://www.allforgardening.com/1683760/gardener-raises-concerns-about-local-nurserys-products/ ##invasivePlant #BostonIvy #CornellBotanicGardens #garden #gardener #gardening #GorgeousPlants #PhotoCredit
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Gardener warns against adding popular plant to yard https://www.allforgardening.com/1678270/gardener-warns-against-adding-popular-plant-to-yard/ ##invasivePlant #AilanthusAltissima #garden #gardening #NativeSpecies #PhotoCredit #SkinIrritation
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Gardeners warned ‘never’ touch UK’s ‘most dangerous plant’ https://www.allforgardening.com/1666019/gardeners-warned-never-touch-uks-most-dangerous-plant/ ##invasivePlant #garden #gardening #GiantHogweed #Phytophotodermatitis #UKGardeningWarning
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As You Pull On Your Gardening Gloves To Tackle Them Once Again This Year, What Exactly Is A Weed? » TwistedSifter https://www.allforgardening.com/1612829/as-you-pull-on-your-gardening-gloves-to-tackle-them-once-again-this-year-what-exactly-is-a-weed-twistedsifter/ ##invasivePlant #garden #gardener #gardening #HardyPlant #horticulture #lawncare #science #SingleTopic #top #Weeding #weeds
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As You Pull On Your Gardening Gloves To Tackle Them Once Again This Year, What Exactly Is A Weed? » TwistedSifter https://www.allforgardening.com/1612829/as-you-pull-on-your-gardening-gloves-to-tackle-them-once-again-this-year-what-exactly-is-a-weed-twistedsifter/ ##invasivePlant #garden #gardener #gardening #HardyPlant #horticulture #lawncare #science #SingleTopic #top #Weeding #weeds
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Michigan proposes bringing out-of-state bugs in to fight invasive Centaurea stoebe (spotted knapweed)
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6 Ways #GoatFarming Impacts the Environment That Support #Sustainability
Excerpts: "Goats produce significantly less #methane than #cattle, emitting approximately 5 kg of methane annually compared to 70-120 kg from cows. Their efficient digestive systems extract more nutrients from fibrous plant material while generating fewer greenhouse gases. This lower methane output makes goats a more climate-friendly protein source, especially when raised on marginal lands unsuitable for crop production.
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"Goats offer a chemical-free alternative for controlling #InvasivePlant species that threaten native #ecosystems. Their unique browsing habits target woody plants and weeds that other livestock avoid, effectively reducing invasives like #kudzu, poison ivy, and multiflora rose without #herbicides. You’ll find that targeted goat grazing preserves soil health and protects beneficial insects and microorganisms that chemical treatments typically harm.
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"Goat #manure offers exceptional #composting potential due to its pellet form and balanced nutrient profile. When properly composted, these droppings transform into valuable organic fertilizer rich in nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. The composting process eliminates pathogens while preserving beneficial microorganisms that enhance soil structure. You’ll find that goat manure composts faster than cow manure—typically ready in 2-3 months versus 4-6 months for cattle waste."
Learn more:
https://www.farmstandapp.com/67170/6-ways-goat-farming-impacts-the-environment/#SolarPunkSunday #AnimalProducts #Goats #GoatMilk #ClimateChange
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6 Ways #GoatFarming Impacts the Environment That Support #Sustainability
Excerpts: "Goats produce significantly less #methane than #cattle, emitting approximately 5 kg of methane annually compared to 70-120 kg from cows. Their efficient digestive systems extract more nutrients from fibrous plant material while generating fewer greenhouse gases. This lower methane output makes goats a more climate-friendly protein source, especially when raised on marginal lands unsuitable for crop production.
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"Goats offer a chemical-free alternative for controlling #InvasivePlant species that threaten native #ecosystems. Their unique browsing habits target woody plants and weeds that other livestock avoid, effectively reducing invasives like #kudzu, poison ivy, and multiflora rose without #herbicides. You’ll find that targeted goat grazing preserves soil health and protects beneficial insects and microorganisms that chemical treatments typically harm.
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"Goat #manure offers exceptional #composting potential due to its pellet form and balanced nutrient profile. When properly composted, these droppings transform into valuable organic fertilizer rich in nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. The composting process eliminates pathogens while preserving beneficial microorganisms that enhance soil structure. You’ll find that goat manure composts faster than cow manure—typically ready in 2-3 months versus 4-6 months for cattle waste."
Learn more:
https://www.farmstandapp.com/67170/6-ways-goat-farming-impacts-the-environment/#SolarPunkSunday #AnimalProducts #Goats #GoatMilk #ClimateChange
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6 Ways #GoatFarming Impacts the Environment That Support #Sustainability
Excerpts: "Goats produce significantly less #methane than #cattle, emitting approximately 5 kg of methane annually compared to 70-120 kg from cows. Their efficient digestive systems extract more nutrients from fibrous plant material while generating fewer greenhouse gases. This lower methane output makes goats a more climate-friendly protein source, especially when raised on marginal lands unsuitable for crop production.
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"Goats offer a chemical-free alternative for controlling #InvasivePlant species that threaten native #ecosystems. Their unique browsing habits target woody plants and weeds that other livestock avoid, effectively reducing invasives like #kudzu, poison ivy, and multiflora rose without #herbicides. You’ll find that targeted goat grazing preserves soil health and protects beneficial insects and microorganisms that chemical treatments typically harm.
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"Goat #manure offers exceptional #composting potential due to its pellet form and balanced nutrient profile. When properly composted, these droppings transform into valuable organic fertilizer rich in nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. The composting process eliminates pathogens while preserving beneficial microorganisms that enhance soil structure. You’ll find that goat manure composts faster than cow manure—typically ready in 2-3 months versus 4-6 months for cattle waste."
Learn more:
https://www.farmstandapp.com/67170/6-ways-goat-farming-impacts-the-environment/#SolarPunkSunday #AnimalProducts #Goats #GoatMilk #ClimateChange
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6 Ways #GoatFarming Impacts the Environment That Support #Sustainability
Excerpts: "Goats produce significantly less #methane than #cattle, emitting approximately 5 kg of methane annually compared to 70-120 kg from cows. Their efficient digestive systems extract more nutrients from fibrous plant material while generating fewer greenhouse gases. This lower methane output makes goats a more climate-friendly protein source, especially when raised on marginal lands unsuitable for crop production.
[...]
"Goats offer a chemical-free alternative for controlling #InvasivePlant species that threaten native #ecosystems. Their unique browsing habits target woody plants and weeds that other livestock avoid, effectively reducing invasives like #kudzu, poison ivy, and multiflora rose without #herbicides. You’ll find that targeted goat grazing preserves soil health and protects beneficial insects and microorganisms that chemical treatments typically harm.
[...]
"Goat #manure offers exceptional #composting potential due to its pellet form and balanced nutrient profile. When properly composted, these droppings transform into valuable organic fertilizer rich in nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. The composting process eliminates pathogens while preserving beneficial microorganisms that enhance soil structure. You’ll find that goat manure composts faster than cow manure—typically ready in 2-3 months versus 4-6 months for cattle waste."
Learn more:
https://www.farmstandapp.com/67170/6-ways-goat-farming-impacts-the-environment/#SolarPunkSunday #AnimalProducts #Goats #GoatMilk #ClimateChange
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6 Ways #GoatFarming Impacts the Environment That Support #Sustainability
Excerpts: "Goats produce significantly less #methane than #cattle, emitting approximately 5 kg of methane annually compared to 70-120 kg from cows. Their efficient digestive systems extract more nutrients from fibrous plant material while generating fewer greenhouse gases. This lower methane output makes goats a more climate-friendly protein source, especially when raised on marginal lands unsuitable for crop production.
[...]
"Goats offer a chemical-free alternative for controlling #InvasivePlant species that threaten native #ecosystems. Their unique browsing habits target woody plants and weeds that other livestock avoid, effectively reducing invasives like #kudzu, poison ivy, and multiflora rose without #herbicides. You’ll find that targeted goat grazing preserves soil health and protects beneficial insects and microorganisms that chemical treatments typically harm.
[...]
"Goat #manure offers exceptional #composting potential due to its pellet form and balanced nutrient profile. When properly composted, these droppings transform into valuable organic fertilizer rich in nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. The composting process eliminates pathogens while preserving beneficial microorganisms that enhance soil structure. You’ll find that goat manure composts faster than cow manure—typically ready in 2-3 months versus 4-6 months for cattle waste."
Learn more:
https://www.farmstandapp.com/67170/6-ways-goat-farming-impacts-the-environment/#SolarPunkSunday #AnimalProducts #Goats #GoatMilk #ClimateChange
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Gardener urges public to eat plant wreaking havoc on land: ‘Tasted exactly like broccoli’ https://www.allforgardening.com/1573876/gardener-urges-public-to-eat-plant-wreaking-havoc-on-land-tasted-exactly-like-broccoli-2/ ##invasivePlant #FieldMustard #garden #gardener #gardening
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Gardener urges public to eat plant wreaking havoc on land: ‘Tasted exactly like broccoli’ https://www.allforgardening.com/1573876/gardener-urges-public-to-eat-plant-wreaking-havoc-on-land-tasted-exactly-like-broccoli-2/ ##invasivePlant #FieldMustard #garden #gardener #gardening
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Gardener slams ‘ridiculous’ backlash against iconic jacaranda tree in Aussie suburbs https://www.allforgardening.com/1493893/gardener-slams-ridiculous-backlash-against-iconic-jacaranda-tree-in-aussie-suburbs/ ##invasivePlant #garden #gardener #gardening #JacarandaTrees #PartsOfAustralia #TimPickles #YahooNewsAustralia
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#InvasivePlant species can pose significant ecological and economic threats, but little is known about how the #PhenotypicPlasticity of growth and #Defense-relatedTraits may facilitate plant invasion. Pei-Pei Cao et al. addressed these uncertainties by employing the aggressive weed #ReynoutriaJaponica as a study model.
Details: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtae067 -
On my monthly long bike ride to work yesterday I came across this big botanical surprise. It was a giant Himalayan lily, growing in the middle of nowhere along the Summit Road of the Christchurch Port Hills. I'm in Aotearoa-New Zealand, not the Himalayas.
This species is sometimes planted in gardens, but I was a long way from the nearest garden. I'm not sure how it got here. Perhaps wind blown seed.
I pulled it up before it could seed.
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I've managed to dig up the roots, then tarp the area to make sure it's dead. I also burn the roots, since I've seen them "reanimate" after getting wet. I've done a pretty good job of controlling them, but it takes a bit of work.
Don't be fooled by its pretty orange berries: #AsiaticBittersweet is a nasty invasive
#Maine Public | By Susan Sharon
Published October 11, 2023"It's found all around #NewEngland, an aggressive climbing vine that grows wildly out of control along roadsides, can topple trees and take over entire woodlots. Asiatic bittersweet (not to be confused with the American variety) snuffs out native trees, shrubs and plants. If there's a vacant building in your neighborhood, chances are the vine has made its mark.
"And don't be fooled by its eye-catching, yellow-orange berries in the fall: this plant is one of the worst.
"You might call it a 'super spreader.' I first became aware of it from a Facebook post. Someone shared a photo of the vine's glossy, round, fine-toothed leaves and I realized, not only did I have bittersweet in my yard, but I was seeing it everywhere — on neighborhood walks with my dog and on recent road trips to Massachusetts and New York.
"And its bright berries, so popular for making Autumn wreaths? Birds love them, too.
The orange-red berries of Asiatic bittersweet can be eaten by birds, who spread the seeds in their droppings."'Almost every berry that a bird will eat because it's bright orange, they go poop the seed and there's another plant,' says Rick Gammon, a horticulturist who runs a landscaping company based in Auburn, Maine.
"He says a lack of public awareness is another reason bittersweet is so prolific. Left unchecked, it can climb 60 feet and higher into tree tops and creep across the ground in a monstrous mass, smothering everything in its path.
"'People are just not doing anything,' Gammon says. 'It wouldn't be near as bad as this if people controlled it. There'd be no seed factory. There'd be no producer of the next generation.'"
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#InvasivePlant Factsheet: #BurningBush / #WingedEuonymus
Euonymus alatusBy Victoria Wallace and Alyssa Siegel-Miles, UConn Extension
Identifying Features
OVERVIEW: Fast growing, deciduous, multi-stemmed, woody shrub. Height 5-15 ft. tall. A popular ornamental known for its bright red fall color, it is still commonly planted along interstate highways, as hedges, and in foundation plantings. In woodlands, winged euonymus forms dense thickets, creating a heavy shade that blocks light to native vegetation.
LEAVES: Opposite, simple, elliptical (football-shaped); 1-2 inches long. Dark green foliage with finely serrated margins turns vibrant red in autumn. Fall color is more pinkish than red in heavy shade.
STEMS: Green stems with prominent raised, corky wings. Wings may follow the stem lengthwise or be slightly whorled around the stem. Stems become more heavily winged as they grow older. Some “escaped” cultivars lack wings.
FLOWERS: Small, in groups of three, and yellowish-green; not showy. Appear in late spring.
FRUIT: Showy cluster of bright red capsules - typically four to a cluster. Fruit pod splits open to expose orange arils with four red-orange seeds inside. Fruit ripens in fall and persists into winter. Fruit is borne on younger stems.
REPRODUCTION/SPREAD: Reproduces abundantly by seed. Fruit is eaten and spread by birds. Can also spread locally through vegetative reproduction.https://ipm.cahnr.uconn.edu/invasive_plants_burning_bush-winged_euonymus/
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This past week I've done my annual invasive species cleanup, which has kept me extremely busy so I haven't been on much.
This year's pest is Broadleaf Helleborine, a wild orchid from Europe. I saw one growing on the edge of the drive last year and now they're fucking everywhere, this thing will even invade lawn grass.
The roots are super deep and have to be dug out with a shovel. As a monocot, it is resistant to pretty much every herbicide, so it's imperative to control early. If you're anywhere in the Northeast USA, this is one to look out for.
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#InvasivePlant found in Yukon could help clean mine water, even in the cold, research suggests
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-invasive-plant-found-in-yukon-could-help-clean-mine-water-even-in-the/