#invasiveplants — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #invasiveplants, aggregated by home.social.
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Homeowner asks what’s in the yard, and a gardener starts naming invasive shrubs one by one https://www.allforgardening.com/1817706/homeowner-asks-whats-in-the-yard-and-a-gardener-starts-naming-invasive-shrubs-one-by-one-2/ #BurningBush #garden #gardener #gardening #InvasivePlants #NativePlants
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9 Invasive Plants Gardening Pros Wish You’d Stop Planting This Year https://www.allforgardening.com/1703308/9-invasive-plants-gardening-pros-wish-youd-stop-planting-this-year/ #BurningBush #ButterflyBush #ChineseWisteria #credit #ElizabethFernandez #garden #gardening #GettyImages #InvasivePlants #MorningGlory #NicoleDillon #RenElizabeth #ViningPlants
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#Florida #WildlifeCorridor linking #StateParks would thwart #development
#LoxaLucie Headwaters Initiative aims to buy #HobeSound land for conservation.
by Timothy O'Hara, Jan. 2, 2026
"At a time when development pressure is pushing north into rural Martin County, conservation groups want to protect a wildlife corridor between two state parks in Hobe Sound.
"The Loxa-Lucie Headwaters Initiative was founded to protect the ecologically important corridor between #AtlanticRidgePreserve State Park and #JonathanDickinson State Park and connect the #LoxahatcheeRiver and #SaintLucie rivers. That would create a preserve for #NativePlants and #wildlife species that would span about 70,000 acres.
"The public owns #Hapatiokee and #PalMar regional parks, but there are thousands of acres of privately owned land in natural conditions that are ripe for development, said Guardians of Martin County Executive Director Greg Braun, whose group is part of the initiative.
" 'If they can connect the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia, we should be able to connect Jonathan Dickinson State Park to Atlantic Ridge Preserve State Park,' Braun told TCPalm."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/nARjr#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeConservation #Florida #Nature #Wildlife #UrbanSprawl #InvasivePlants #NativeSpecies #ProtectingWildlife
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We need to think carefully before a fleet of drones is set loose to zap living things with lasers. Very, *very* carefully. But this is a serious proposal for killing invasive plants;
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018948825/robots-with-lasers-killing-weeds(1/2)
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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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@richlv We had an example of someone mapping the different species in Russia on @weeklyOSM a while back https://weeklyosm.eu/archives/13118#wn511_22400.
It was introduced as an ornamental to Britain in Victorian times.