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That pretty pink-flowered plant spreading along your local riverbank or woodland edge could be qu...

Same invasive rhododendron overtaking Scottish hillsides is widely sold in garden centers, and es...

If you've ever grown a century plant or seen one in a park or garden, this event is a reminder th...

Trees and wetlands near coastlines — the same kinds of natural buffers that protect beaches, fish...

Invasive plants showing up earlier each spring in your garden or local nature trail aren't just a...

The strawberries, blueberries, and cherries at your farmers market are under constant threat from...

The wildflowers and rushes in your nearest bog or wetland park are disappearing fastest, replaced...

Every time you pull a native plant from a restoration bed only to watch an invasive refill the ga...

If you have a black walnut tree in or near your garden, the leaves you rake and let sit on the gr...

Every garlic mustard plant you pull from your woodland edge before it sets seed stops hundreds of...

The weedy exotic plants taking over your native garden bed may be winning not just by growing fas...

The wheat in your bread may soon need far less pesticide because scientists have identified natur...

If wavyleaf basketgrass has reached a trail or woodland edge near you, the soil beneath it may al...

Animals and insects that eat fruit and scatter seeds are the invisible workforce behind every for...

Invasive plant diseases are quietly reshaping the forests, gardens, and wild spaces around you — ...

The coastal wetlands near your local beach quietly buffer your neighborhood from storm floods and...

Native plant restorations often fail quietly in the first few seasons — and this research suggest...

Tomatoes and cucumbers from South Asian farms are increasingly being wiped out by a whitefly-carr...

Princess tree spreads aggressively into natural areas and gardens near roadsides, crowding out na...

Cherry, raspberry, or blueberry growers: that ornamental honeysuckle or wild sour cherry growing ...

That overgrown lot down the street — full of weeds and cracked concrete — is quietly losing its n...

An adaptable wild orchid quietly colonizing city streets is a reminder that nature is constantly ...

Dodder, that orange thread-like tangle strangling plants in your garden beds, and the ghost-like ...

Dame's rocket blooming along your neighborhood trail right now looks just like native phlox — kno...

Those tall, fragrant purple-and-white flower clusters lining roadsides and woodland edges right n...

Black ash trees woven into the soggy edges of northern swamps and river corridors are disappearin...

Garlic mustard is likely already colonizing the edges of your local park or garden right now — an...

Oregano and cinnamon sprays marketed as natural pest controls for your greenhouse or indoor plant...

That pink-and-white flowering vine carpeting the highway median and creeping into trail edges nea...

Bees, butterflies, and other insects that pollinate your garden rely on CO2 and humidity cues to ...

Knowing what poison ivy looks like in its current spring growth form — before leaves fully unfurl...

Dame's rocket lines roadsides and woodland edges every May looking nearly identical to native phl...

Crops in your grocery store, the trees in your local park, and the wildflowers in your garden are...

Every invasive plant spreading through a local nature preserve is running a gauntlet of native co...

If you've hiked through the wide-open sagebrush country of the West, the fate of that landscape —...

Witchweed and broomrape, the vampires of the plant world, already devastate staple crops across A...

That orange spaghetti-like vine strangling your tomatoes or black-eyed Susans isn't just a thief ...

Multiflora rose forms impenetrable thickets that crowd out the native shrubs and wildflowers your...

Those showy purple clusters lining roadsides and garden edges in June are dame's rocket, not nati...

It means that what you grew in your garden or farm field last season could be quietly sabotaging ...

That stringy orange vine strangling the plants in your garden bed is doing something stranger tha...

Better plant identification tools mean the herbal supplement or medicinal tea you buy is more lik...

If you've ever grown a rare island plant or visited botanical gardens showcasing Macaronesian flo...

Mangrove restoration projects along coastlines are increasingly using fast-growing exotic species...

Better plant DNA identification means the herbs at your farmers market, the wildflowers in your l...

Contaminated soil near old industrial sites, roads, or farms can silently poison food crops and g...

Fall armyworms chew through corn, sorghum, and rice fields across six continents every season, an...

Water hyacinth — that fast-spreading plant choking up lakes and waterways worldwide — could be de...

Tuckeroo has established itself in South Florida natural areas like The Hammocks, where it can ou...

That murky blue water you've seen downstream from textile factories could be cleaned using the sa...

Soil contaminated with industrial nanoparticles can leach into your vegetable garden or local wat...

The bees pollinating your vegetable garden and fruit trees carry gut bacteria shaped by the local...

Invasive plants spreading into natural areas near you may be dragging along foreign fungi that di...

If geese or deer are trampling the native plantings at your local park or nature preserve, target...

That eucalyptus grove or pine plantation at the edge of your local nature reserve may be quietly ...

Desert wildflower blooms you might drive hours to see — those explosions of color after a good wi...

If this vine reaches the edge of your yard or a nearby trail, it can blanket native shrubs and wi...

If you've noticed fragrant purple flower clusters lining roadsides or spilling into woodland edge...

Garlic mustard is probably already creeping into a park, trail, or shaded garden bed near you rig...

Desert wildflower displays you might drive out to see in the Coachella Valley — from spring annua...

Olive groves, lavender fields, and rosemary hedges across southern Europe are being wiped out by ...

If you've ever hiked a Hawaiian rainforest trail canopied by 'ōhi'a lehua blossoms — the scarlet ...

That weedy, white-flowered plant taking over disturbed roadsides and vacant lots near you — parth...

If you've ever tried to restore a weedy pond edge or replant a disturbed shoreline, this research...

If spider mites are shredding your rose bushes or pepper plants, the species doing the damage mat...

Poison ivy is actively leafing out right now along trail edges, fence lines, and woodland borders...

Fall armyworm can wipe out an entire corn or vegetable garden in days, and knowing which insectic...

Truffles are cultivated as a high-value crop by planting inoculated trees, and understanding whet...

Weeds like barnyardgrass are becoming resistant to common herbicides, and these dragonfly gut fun...

Invasive pests and climate-driven range shifts are already reshaping which crops and garden plant...

Carrot weevils can devastate home and commercial carrot crops with no fully effective control met...

A plant you might find listed as endangered in a botanical garden catalog could be the same speci...

A plant most pond-keepers wage war against turns out to be one of nature's most effective water p...

Two-spotted spider mites destroy crops and garden plants worldwide, and they're thriving as tempe...

Cadmium quietly enters backyard soils through phosphate fertilizers, and understanding how mycorr...

Poison ivy is probably already growing along the edges of your yard, local trails, or park — and ...

Lesser celandine spreads aggressively in shaded, moist areas like park trails and stream banks, c...

Those bright yellow daisy-like flowers pushing up through bare soil in early spring — often mista...

Those brilliant blue carpets appearing under trees in parks and yards right now are Siberian squi...

Garlic mustard is already spreading through the park you might hike on weekends — it outcompetes ...

Kudzu, the vine smothering roadsides and forest edges across the American South, turns out to car...

Oxeye daisy carpeting roadsides and meadows right now is quietly outcompeting native wildflowers ...

Thrips are tiny enough to hitch a ride on any plant you bring home from a nursery, and the viruse...

A tree you might plant for shade or timber could simultaneously be vanishing from its homeland — ...

Witchweed and broomrape — parasitic plants controlled partly by their own hormone chemistry — des...

Herbicide-resistant weeds are quietly spreading across farm fields worldwide, and when a single w...

Heavenly bamboo berries are toxic to birds and have been spreading from yards into Georgia's nati...

The mosses and low-growing wildflowers holding together tundra soils are being undermined by inva...

Eastern redcedar is rapidly expanding its range into grasslands and open fields near many communi...

Redstem Stork's-bill is one of the most common weeds invading lawns, gardens, and parks across No...

Common reed can aggressively take over wetlands, riverbanks, and even roadside ditches near your ...

Garlic mustard is actively spreading through the woods and parks near you right now, outcompeting...

Poison ivy is actively spreading into backyards, trail edges, and parks right now — knowing what ...

Those cheerful yellow flowers appearing in bare patches along roadsides and disturbed ground righ...

That weedy, orange-flowered plant carpeting the shady corners of urban parks and woodland edges m...

Japanese knotweed, the plant many gardeners wage relentless war against along fence lines and riv...

Pear and apple trees in home orchards across Central Asia and increasingly beyond are threatened ...

Invasive plants spreading along roadsides don't stay there — they hitchhike on vehicles, boots, a...

Lantana growing in a park you might walk through this weekend can crowd out native wildflowers an...

Oxeye daisy carpets roadsides and meadows right now — and knowing it helps you spot whether your ...

Colt's-foot is often one of the first flowers to push through bare ground in late winter, so spot...

Stinknet is aggressively invading California's desert parks and wild spaces — the same places you...

Lesser celandine is quietly taking over lawns, stream banks, and woodland gardens across the east...

Poison ivy is probably already growing along the edges of your yard, favorite hiking trail, or ne...

Those pretty blue ground-cover flowers carpeting lawns and woodland edges right now may be Siberi...

The weedy, sun-baked stretch of riverbank you walk past every day could be a mapped restoration h...

The same cordgrass takeovers reshaping salt marshes along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are quietl...

If you've ever replanted a disturbed patch of your yard and wondered why native wildflowers refus...

Weedy roadside plants you walk past every day — like black-jack and fleabane — may be quietly pul...

Every cabbage, kale, and broccoli plant in your garden is a potential target for the diamondback ...

Common reed can take over the wet edges of trails, ponds, and storm ditches near your neighborhoo...

If water hyacinth ever shows up in a pond near you, it can double its coverage in two weeks and c...

Coastal wetlands restored with native mangroves are the living seawalls that buffer the shoreline...

Those tiny pale stipples appearing on the undersides of your tomato leaves in July are spider mit...

The Brazilian pepper tree choking out native habitat along Florida's coasts and Gulf marshes turn...

Purple crownvetch spreading along roadsides and into natural areas can outcompete native wildflow...

Common bracken spreading through a woodland edge or disturbed trail corridor can crowd out native...

Foxtail Barley's silky, fox-tail seed heads look stunning in late summer but can work their way i...

Tufted vetch is quietly colonizing Edmonton's roadsides and vacant lots — and while it looks pret...

Lesser celandine spreads aggressively in early spring before native wildflowers emerge, and once ...

Silk trees lining Atlanta's streets and parks are blooming proof that a tree originally from Iran...

Field madder creeps through lawns and garden edges so inconspicuously that most people never lear...

If Marvel of Peru is naturalizing in the Permian Basin's harsh alkaline soils, it could be a surp...

Lesser celandine spreads aggressively through stream corridors and can take over your local park ...

Fire ants tunnel through garden beds, damage plant roots, kill ground-nesting pollinators, and ha...

Parasitoid wasps are nature's pest controllers — they lay eggs inside aphids, caterpillars, and o...

Henbit deadnettle is likely blooming in your yard, garden beds, or local park right now — and und...

Greater celandine spreads aggressively along disturbed edges and fence lines — if you spot its de...

Sweet Woodruff spreading through Kitchener's green spaces is worth knowing if you're planting a s...

Bird's-foot trefoil creeping into Wauwatosa lawns and roadsides can outcompete native clovers and...

Garlic mustard quietly poisons the soil fungi that native wildflowers and tree seedlings depend o...

Skunk cabbage is one of the first plants to bloom each spring, and tracking when and where people...

Garlic mustard growing near your garden or local woods releases chemicals into the soil that kill...

Kudzu — the vine choking forests across the American South — sheds microscopic particles that rew...

Garlic mustard growing near your yard or local forest preserve releases chemicals into the soil t...

Greater celandine spreads readily into garden edges, roadsides, and woodland paths near homes, an...

Chinaberry is a toxic invasive tree that can spread into your yard or local park, crowding out na...

European holly has escaped garden cultivation and is spreading into wild areas around Portland, w...

Mock strawberry creeping through your lawn or garden bed is easy to overlook as a weed — but its ...

Lesser celandine can carpet your yard, garden beds, and nearby stream corridors every spring befo...

Common ivy can quietly take over your garden beds and nearby woodlands, smothering native wildflo...

Shepherd's-needle can quietly establish itself in garden beds, lawns, and sidewalk cracks near yo...

Herb Robert is quietly spreading through Pacific Northwest gardens and forest edges, and once est...

Milk thistle spreads aggressively in disturbed soils and roadsides near your neighborhood, and if...

Camphor trees spreading through Louisiana neighborhoods can quietly crowd out native species whil...

Field madder is a creeping weed that can quietly invade lawns, gardens, and roadsides near you — ...

Insects disappearing from your garden or local park may be quietly choking on plastic pollution —...

Parasitic wasps are natural pest controllers used in gardens and farms — understanding how they o...

Holm oaks are drought-tolerant Mediterranean trees increasingly planted in California cities, and...

American pokeweed can sprout uninvited in your backyard or garden beds, and every part of it is t...

Black locust spreads aggressively along roadsides and woodland edges near homes, outcompeting nat...

Muscadine grapes are a tough, heat-tolerant native vine that home gardeners in South Florida can ...

Lesser periwinkle is a popular garden ground cover that can escape into wild areas and crowd out ...

Pacific poison oak grows in parks, trails, and neighborhood edges — knowing exactly where it's be...

Tracking where native wetland plants like skunk cabbage are thriving helps communities identify h...

Perez's sea lavender is widely planted in California gardens and along roadsides, and tracking wh...

Virginia pepperweed is quietly spreading through parks and gardens in Hawaii, and spotting it ear...

Madagascar Periwinkle, a common garden plant in Florida, is also the source of vincristine and vi...

Florida Hedgenettle can quietly spread into your garden beds and lawn edges, so knowing it's esta...

American pokeweed is a striking but highly toxic native plant that can appear in backyards, parks...

Wild radish can take over disturbed roadsides, farm edges, and open spaces in your neighborhood, ...

Great mullein is a prolific colonizer of disturbed soils — roadsides, fields, and garden edges — ...

Common groundsel is a prolific weed that can quickly take over garden beds and is toxic to livest...

Mock strawberry quietly spreads through lawns, gardens, and parks near you — and knowing where it...

Knowing where poison ivy is actively growing helps hikers, gardeners, and parents identify risk a...

Catchweed bedstraw spreads aggressively through gardens and natural areas, clinging to clothes, p...

Red deadnettle is one of the earliest spring bloomers to appear in gardens and lawns, meaning its...

Field peppergrass can quietly colonize the edges of your vegetable garden or lawn, competing with...

Hawthorn can spread into wild areas and outcompete native plants, so knowing exactly where it gro...

Rose Clover is a non-native species spreading through California's open spaces, and community sig...

Sweet alyssum spreading through Santa Clara County means this fragrant, low-growing groundcover i...

Field horsetail can quietly invade garden beds and lawns, spreading aggressively through deep und...

Carpet bugle spreads quickly as a ground cover and can escape garden beds into local woodlands, s...

Carpet bugle can quietly take over garden beds and spread into nearby lawns or natural areas, so ...

Standing water in your garden — a clogged gutter, a forgotten pot saucer, or a low spot after hea...

Lawn daisies popping up in Connecticut lawns signal how deeply this European wildflower has woven...

Citizen science observations like this help track where box elder is spreading or persisting in u...

Red deadnettle is one of the earliest spring bloomers in lawns and garden beds, providing crucial...

Burmese pythons in the Everglades are eating their way through the same marsh birds, mammals, and...

Oil and chemical-laden water dumped from ships pollutes the same oceans that cycle nutrients into...

Mammals that visit your garden — from hedgehogs to mice to shrews — rely on whisker sensing to na...

Understanding how dengue spreads through mosquito saliva could eventually lead to strategies that...