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Pretty, but Not ‘Nice’: California’s Invasive Ice Plant

Pretty, but Not ‘Nice’: California’s Invasive Ice Plant · August 15, 2024

Wetland ecologist Lorraine Parsons has a joke about invasive species: “Does that plant species play nicely in the sandbox?”

Wild plants and crops don’t make great neighbors

Wild plants and crops don’t make great neighbors · August 9, 2024

Native plants and non-native crops do not fare well in proximity to one another, attracting pests that spread diseases in both directions, according to two new UC Riverside studies.

Unleashing the Science – BIL funding supports BLM California’s rare plant and pollinator project at the Pine Hill Preserve

Unleashing the Science – BIL funding supports BLM California’s rare plant and pollinator project at the Pine Hill Preserve · August 9, 2024

Investments from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) support BLM California’s pollinator project to collect and study native bees, butterflies, and moths on the Pine Hill Preserve in California.

Mission woman hopes to pass new ordinance that protects native plants on front lawns

Mission woman hopes to pass new ordinance that protects native plants on front lawns · August 2, 2024

A native plant grower in Mission is finding new ways to take care of her lawn

Museum to tell new story with native plant species

Museum to tell new story with native plant species · August 2, 2024

In an effort to spread awareness of native species of Virginia, the South Boston-Halifax County Museum of Fine Arts and History has partnered with the Virginia Cooperative Southside Master Gardener Association and planted a variety of Virginia species.

As yards and gardens wilt from heat and drought, native plants can help

As yards and gardens wilt from heat and drought, native plants can help · August 2, 2024

After a scorching early summer, the rain is finally here, but much of North Carolina is still in drought and all this intense weather can be rough on yards and gardens. Planting native perennials may be a solution.

Inside a 40-year effort to protect a tiny wild orchid

Inside a 40-year effort to protect a tiny wild orchid · July 26, 2024

Michael Piantedosi pulled his car onto the shoulder of a two-lane highway, and parked next to a patch of woods that looked utterly ordinary — another forest like so many others lining the roads of rural New England.

The lawyer who fights for people’s right to grow ‘weeds’

The lawyer who fights for people’s right to grow ‘weeds’ · July 25, 2024

She used to enforce local weed ordinances. Now she helps native plant enthusiasts combat them.

Non-native species are threatening vulnerable Svalbard plant life, study warns

Non-native species are threatening vulnerable Svalbard plant life, study warns · July 25, 2024

New, non-native plant species are constantly being found in Svalbard, and researchers are working to ascertain what threat these species pose to the native plants.

In a hot L.A. neighborhood full of brown lawns, his DIY native plant garden thrives

In a hot L.A. neighborhood full of brown lawns, his DIY native plant garden thrives · July 17, 2024

The temperature was in the 90s in West Hills, but that didn’t deter an astonishing number of monarch butterflies, hummingbirds and bees from feeding on the California-friendly plants — sages, salvias and flowering milkweed — in Eric Augusztiny’s front yard.

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