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Plants serve many purposes, like attracting pollinators, but this list of beautiful species has a very important job -- ...
As noxious weeds become prevalent along hillsides, ditches, and creek beds this summer, county authorities find themselves ...
One such massive, noxious weed may be growing in your yard, waiting to burn you if you try to remove it too quickly. Heracleum mantegazzianum, better known as giant hogweed, has been present in the ...
Not all weeds are bad, but some can have harmful consequences to grass and other plants in your yard. Here are some weeds you ...
The definition of a weed is relatively vague — a plant growing where you don’t want it, experts explain — but some earn an ...
One upside? Weeds can provide important clues about the quality of your garden soil, such as its pH level. "Why do we care about pH levels?
The innovative approach converted the invasive weed into household energy sources such as cooking fuel, while simultaneously clearing the water of the weeds. “After installing the biogas system, it ...
Bethany DeRango, Arizona Invasive Species Strike Team leader for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, shows off a stinknet weed that was painted over in the parking lot at the Pima County Fairgrounds.
Milfoil is the primary invasive weed targeted by the American Lake Management District. The plants root at the bottom of the lake and grow mostly underwater. The green plant has a reddish stem and ...
Shooting lasers at foes is the stuff of science fiction, but now, a few farmers are fighting one of their greatest nemeses with a new technology—laser weeders.