The purpose of the study was to develop scientific methods for monitoring the effectiveness of herbicide spraying as a management technique for controlling the invasive species Phragmites australis.

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 ...

It's found along highways, ditches, and shorelines in southern Ontario, and it can grow to staggering heights, sometimes towering more than five metres above the ground. It's invasive phragmites, ...

Throughout the past two centuries, a variety of non-native (exotic) species have infiltrated the boundaries of the Great Lakes. These species more often than not remain unnoticed and cause very little ...

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 Phragmites reeds. A prescribed burn is conducted ...

Phragmites is a bad neighbor. “For years when you drove into our marina, all you saw was a giant wall of these invasive grasses completely blocking the view of the beautiful wetlands behind us,” said ...

And now, a kind word about one of the Chesapeake Bay’s most hated invasive plants: phragmites. The tall, feathery-plumed marsh reed is the bane of waterfowl lovers around the Chesapeake Bay region, as ...

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 ...