As we continue to progress toward national invasive species awareness week Feb. 20-26, I’m highlighting a pervasive invasive herbaceous plant found in natural areas and in some landscapes in Indiana: ...
Over the last few decades conversationists have been concerned about the aggressive spread of garlic mustard along streams and in the understory of woodlands, where it appears to crowd out native ...
Garlic mustard sounds like something you'd plant in an herb garden, but it's actually an invasive species that is smothering forests and harming native plants and wildlife habitats. Metro Natural ...
Wild daffodils are blooming, and buds are greening on trees, but Indiana’s forests and meadows are also seeing an invasion this spring. Garlic mustard is one of the first plants to appear in the ...
LANESBOROUGH — There’s an invader along the roads and trails of Mount Greylock that’s silently changing the forest floor and choking out local plants and butterflies. It’s called garlic mustard, and ...
Small European bugs may be part of the takedown of an invasive plant that won't stop growing in Michigan. Researchers are looking for new ways to fight the garlic mustard plant, according to the ...
If you’ve ever spent any amount of time battling invasive plants, it’s easy to see them as evil. (I find myself especially thinking this when I’m crawling through thorn-infested multiflora rose ...
It’s sort of a perfect storm of a plant. Not to put too fine a point on it, garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata, is a bad actor. That is, at least in North America. In its native range in Europe and ...
Dear Master Gardener: Our city newsletter said residents need to be on the lookout for garlic mustard on our properties and eradicate it. What is it and what does it look like? Answer: Garlic mustard ...