University of Delaware researchers have uncovered a novel means of conquest employed by the common reed, Phragmites australis, which ranks as one of the world's most invasive plants. The invasive ...

The Weed of the Month for November is a warm season perennial semi-aquatic grass species called non-native Phragmites (Phragmites australis ssp. australis). Non-native Phragmites threaten wetland ...

As previously mentioned, native phragmites is often confused as an invasive, and as a result, many have unknowingly removed native stands. In order to avoid this, look for the distinguishing ...

Phragmites (Phragmites australis) is a perennial warm season grass, native to Europe. It was introduced into the U.S. as a contaminate in soil ballast (from ships). It invades wetland areas along ...

The fall bird migration is winding down, and as the traveling birds cross the United States, many of them stopped at wetlands. Chances are they saw areas dominated by a tall reed with a big, fluffy ...

Researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered a new reason why the tall, tasseled reed Phragmites australis is one of the most invasive plants in the United States. The UD research team ...

Keith Hambrecht vividly recalls his first experience with the bane of American wetlands, a tall, dense reed called phragmites. "I didn't know what it was at the time," he says, remembering working on ...

The weed of the month for November is a warm-season perennial semi-aquatic grass species called non-native Phragmites (Phragmites australis ssp. australis). Non-native Phragmites threaten wetland ...