One of the most crucial tasks a gardener must undertake is staying alert for signs of any invasive plants. While invasive species like tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima), bull thistle (Cirsium ...

Berberis vulgaris, commonly known as barberry, is a family of shrubs that grow around the world. They’re popular with gardeners for their colorful leaves, but some varieties, especially the Japanese ...

Berberis vulgaris, commonly known as barberry, is a shrub that grows tart, red berries. While the plant is native to parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia, it can now be found all over the world. Its ...

The UConn Forest provides an ecological classroom to study the spread of the invasive Barberry plant. Tom Worthley, assistant extension professor in the department of extension in the College of ...

TRAVERSE CITY, MI – There are two widely popular landscaping shrubs wreaking havoc on forests across Michigan and the Midwest: Japanese barberry and winged burning bush. The bushes are known to ...

Ages ago, when I first got started in education, I worked at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve. One of the many research projects I helped educate others about involved experiments on how ...

In the hills of Kashmir, summer once meant waiting for wild berries to ripen, and growing up in a forest-fringe village, many of our days were spent wandering through orchards, fields and hillsides ...

A nature-themed drama is unfolding in a corner of the UConn Forest in Storrs. The story contains elements of surprise as well as a glimpse of the region’s agrarian past. The protagonist in the drama ...