by Spadefoot | Jun 2, 2023 | Did you know?, Invasive Species, Native Plants
Some fun photos of a volunteer native vine—Virginia creeper—growing on some common milkweed. Both plants are volunteers at a site that used to be a prototypical suburban yard in Huntington, NY; all lawn and a few token trees… These photos demonstrate (on a very small...
by Spadefoot | May 16, 2023 | Invasive Species, Spadefoot In The Community
Phragmites is an opportunistic plant, often taking advantage of the unoccupied niche left vacant through the removal of historic forested wetlands. Although it is hard to remove via mechanical methods (which often requires permitting under federal, state, and local...