When more blackberries is a bad thing: Invasive plant management support

Heather Leach; Robin J. Innes

Treesearch

When more blackberries is a bad thing: Invasive plant management support

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Heather Leach, Robin J. Innes

Year:

2024

Type:

Science Bulletins and Newsletters

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Science You Can Use (in 5 Minutes), November 2024. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.

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Abstract

What plants can survive fire, can displace native plants, and are difficult to manage? Among others are these eight nonnative species in the western United States: buffelgrass, cutleaf blackberry, diffuse knapweed, Himalayan blackberry, Sahara mustard, spotted knapweed, ventenata, and yellow starthistle. Unfortunately, one of the reasons that invasive plants are so hard to manage is because there is no one-size-fits-all approach—each species has its own tricks enabling it to thrive and wreak havoc.

Keywords

invasive plants, native plants, management

Citation

Leach, Heather; Innes, Robin. 2024. When more blackberries is a bad thing: Invasive plant management support. Science You Can Use (in 5 Minutes), November 2024. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.