What’s That Weed?
Invasive: Hairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) Video field exploration This month’s weed is less of a threat to natural areas than many featured weeds–though it does show up there–but is one […]
Invasive: Hairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) Video field exploration This month’s weed is less of a threat to natural areas than many featured weeds–though it does show up there–but is one […]
Invasive: Mole Plant (Euphorbia lathyrus) Characteristics: Mole plant—a.k.a. gopher spurge or caper spurge—is an erect biennial (occasionally annual) herb, native to the Mediterranean region and eastward to western China. It
Invasive: Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) Characteristics: Scotch broom is a perennial member of the pea family (Fabaceae). It is a deciduous shrub, 1-3 m (3 to 10 ft) tall, though
Weed of the Month: Herb-Robert (Geranium robertianum) Characteristics: Herb-Robert—also called Robert’s geranium, or, colloquially, “stinky Bob”—is both a winter and spring annual with light-green, deeply dissected leaves. In late fall
Weed of the Month: Clematis (Clematis vitalba) Characteristics Clematis —also called traveler’s joy or old man’s beard—is a deciduous climbing vine, with stringy bark that easily rubs off on older