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 ...

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 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 ...

Mention phragmites and you're likely to hear an agonized groan from a long list of people, including biologists and coastal landowners. "It definitely has a bad rap, and there’s a good reason for that ...

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 ...

Wetlands managers have spent years using fire and chemicals to fight phragmites, an invasive reed that chokes everything else out. But coaxing native plants to move back in is difficult. The fall bird ...