This invasive European shrub is a monster. It is infesting the open woods of the Chicago, IL, area and parts of Wisconsin, and other Midw...Read Moreestern states. It is a messy, large, rampant growing shrub full of dead twigs. It does not quite have thorns, but it has sharp woody spurs that easily catch clothing as one goes by and it hurts. Its dark rounded leaves are pretty but they stay on the plant deep into December as green with no fall color. It bears lots of large black berries that make the birds poop too much and does not give them enough nourishment here in NA. The deer don't eat this thing, so it flourishes and pushes out better native shrubs that would offer wildlife a greater and more diverse food source. It should be exterminated in America.
With shrub honeysuckles, common buckthorn often forms solid understories in natural forest areas of northeastern North America. Like the ...Read Morehoneysuckles, it leafs out very early, shading out the native herbaceous layer.
This spiny invasive species is banned in three states and a designated noxious weed in three others. Birds eat the fruit and then distribute the seed far and wide through the landscape.
This species was used for hedging in the 19th century, but it went out of use as better hedging plants became available.
I only recently identified this invasive @#$$#% bush (as I called it before I knew the name) on our property in upstate New York. We've ...Read Morebeen on a mission to get rid of it ever since. We're in it for the long haul though- we have over an acre and it's everywhere- in the lawn, at the perimeters and all over the understory in our bit of woods. We hope to replace it and other invasives (garlic mustard, etc) with natives. It's only saving grace is that it's fairly easy to uproot if you catch it early.
Evil scrub tree! At least 4 of them came w/ the house, and I am constantly yanking out the seedlings, at least a hundred each year. The b...Read Moreuckthorn is like a tree version of creeping charlie-- spreads everywhere and is impossible to get rid of.
Saint Cloud, MN (Zone 4b) | November 2007 | negative
European or common buckthorn and glossy or alder buckthorn are listed as restricted noxious weeds in Minnesota. It is illegal to import, ...Read Moresell, or transport buckthorn in Minnesota.
I do not have much good to say about this tree except that ours has a nice shape but other then that nothing good...
#1. It comes ...Read Moreup everywhere in the HUNDREDS. #2. It is extreamly difficult to pull out. And their even harder to pull out if they've grown for a season. And #3. The mature ones have lots of very long and pointy thorns which could make it quite difficult if you want to cut it down. Don't get this plant!
Horribly invasive. This is an exotic species to North America that is displacing indigenous flora at an ever increasing rate. This plant...Read More is capable of out competing native plants quite successfully. In my region, it is generally an understory plant. It is one of the first shrubs to green up in the spring and one of the last to lose its leaves in the fall. This extended growing season gives it a competitive edge in that it blocks out sunlight to the ground which quite successfully inhibits germination of other flora. Over time, monocultures of this plant can be established.
Should one wish to remove this plant, I am of the opinion the stump will need to be treated to avoid suckering in which the plant comes back ten fold. I would encourage anyone on the continent of North America who is capable of doing so to remove this plant and seek advice on the most appropriate time of year to do so and the most appropriate chemical with which to treat the stump after the plant is cut down.
Tip- fruit bearing buckthorns should be disposed of properly to insure the seeds are not spread to uninfected land. I burn them.
A small decideous tree with separate sex. It was very hard to identify until it flowered (it has cherry- like leaves and a prunus-like ba...Read Morerk) but it belongs to its the family Rhamnaceae. It might be grown for its foliage that turns bright yellow on fall. Flood, shade and pest-resistant.
This invasive European shrub is a monster. It is infesting the open woods of the Chicago, IL, area and parts of Wisconsin, and other Midw...Read More
With shrub honeysuckles, common buckthorn often forms solid understories in natural forest areas of northeastern North America. Like the ...Read More
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I only recently identified this invasive @#$$#% bush (as I called it before I knew the name) on our property in upstate New York. We've ...Read More
In Ontario, European buckthorn is considered a noxious weed and property owners are legally required to get rid of it.
Evil scrub tree! At least 4 of them came w/ the house, and I am constantly yanking out the seedlings, at least a hundred each year. The b...Read More
European or common buckthorn and glossy or alder buckthorn are listed as restricted noxious weeds in Minnesota. It is illegal to import, ...Read More
The only purpose for this plant is to get rid of every bush, tree and plant in an area. The berries make a terrific laxative :)
I do not have much good to say about this tree except that ours has a nice shape but other then that nothing good...
#1. It comes ...Read More
Horribly invasive. This is an exotic species to North America that is displacing indigenous flora at an ever increasing rate. This plant...Read More
One of the 10 worst invasive plants in New England and Mid-West, maybe others. Very difficult to get rid of.
A small decideous tree with separate sex. It was very hard to identify until it flowered (it has cherry- like leaves and a prunus-like ba...Read More
Tolerant of most conditions. May be invasive in some areas.