For more than two decades, Pia Van de Venne of Murrysville has been working to rid the municipality’s parks of invasive plants including barberry, garlic mustard and Japanese stilt-grass.

Some plants have a way of catching your eye and holding it, and barberry is easily one of them. These shrubs pack a punch with their rich color and the knack for thriving just about anywhere—be it in ...

Admiration is always a two-way street and frequently becomes a clover-leaf intersection. Despite how many lanes add to the complexity of your Admiration Rd., if your lane is blocked, it will ...

Japanese barberry, a woody shrub in the Berberidaceae family, is an understory invasive that can live in many different soil and light conditions. It has nitrogen containing roots (giving them a ...

The best fake plants, though, are the ones that look almost as natural as real ones and suit a variety of tastes and styles. Our top picks include the West Elm Faux Potted Rubber Tree, a lifelike ...

Berberine, an organic supplement extracted from several plant roots including the barberry plant, has a longstanding reputation in traditional Chinese medicine for managing different health ...

Every bite an herbivore takes comes at the expense of a plant. Are plants passive victims or do they actively resist these attacks? Some plants avoid herbivory by decreasing their apparency or ...

Invasive Plants Drive Homogenization of Soil Microbial Communities Across U.S. Oct. 28, 2024 — A new study reveals that invasive plants are reshaping soil microbial communities across the U.S ...

Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls ...

It is the chloroplasts that contain the green pigment chlorophyll which absorbs light. The plant uses this glucose to grow as well as make other useful substances, such as cellulose found in the ...