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.

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 ...

Regarding the manufacture of arrows, the analysis revealed that they were made of olive wood (Olea europaea) and cane (Phragmites sp). According to the researchers, the use of cane for arrow ...

For the first time, the analysis has revealed the use of olive wood (Olea europaea) and reed wood (Phragmites sp). The use of reeds for the manufacturing of arrows in prehistoric Europe ...

Phragmites Australis might look like a sea of swaying tall grasses in the sun — massive and golden, nearly biblical — but as they clog up scenic views and cause issues for local wildlife on ...

The burn targeted invasive Phragmites reeds. A prescribed burn is conducted at the Ogden Bay Wildlife Management Area in western Weber County on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. The burn targeted invasive ...

Almost everybody can recognize phragmites, even if they don’t know its name. A grass that grows eight feet tall and covers thousands of acres of wetlands, and not-so-wetlands, in New Jersey is ...

Whether it’s Phragmites, crabgrass or tumbleweeds, these unwelcome plants are causing major problems across the state. About those tumbleweeds. "Russian thistle is what tumbleweed is more ...

The animals are part of a tactic The Nature Conservancy Utah employs to fight back against phragmites, water-sucking non-native stalks that have taken root in the Utah wetlands over several decades.

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 ...