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 ...

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 ...

HURRICANE, Utah — Utah agriculture and wildfire officials are starting the spring with a warning about invasive species. Whether it’s Phragmites, crabgrass or tumbleweeds, these unwelcome plants are ...

Officials in Ontario, Canada, are stepping up their efforts to address the spread of an invasive plant species wreaking havoc on communities. As reported by Inside Halton, the Ontario Phragmites ...

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 ...

Invasive phragmites are tall, grass-like plants that are spreading rampantly throughout Ontario and nearby regions in Canada. According to The Weather Network, the Ontario Phragmites Action Program ...

Wetlands managers have spent years using fire and chemicals to fight phragmites, an invasive reed that chokes everything else out. But coaxing... You might beat back phragmites, the scourge of ...