It’s a beast. It’s a bully. And its time is up, forest experts and community members say. The ornamental chokecherry tree, invasive in Alaska, has gotten so bad in some areas that the state used grant ...

Q: We have had our chokecherry tree for three years. It has been growing and doing great. This year, the branches are bare for the most part. However, new leaves are starting to appear from the trunk.

Tricia Howe, a volunteer working at the Aug. 19, 2023,"weed smackdown" at Anchorage's Tikishla Park, pulls another felled European bird cherry tree to put on a pile near the park's softball field.

Home on the Grange will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Grange Hall in North Pole. The topic this week is “Invasive Species,” particularly the popular ornamental chokecherry tree. Both Prunus padus, ...

On Monday, another step was taken in the long process of weeding out popular but invasive chokecherry trees on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yeddha’ Campus. Seven chokecherry trees (Prunus ...

Q: We have an Amur chokecherry tree in our backyard, and this year much of the tree has fewer leaves than normal. I noticed one of the main trunks has small oval holes in the bark. Do you know what is ...

A child of the Great Plains can pack summer in his cheek, spit the pits and grin with purple teeth. It's boy against robin, true, but chokecherries filched from the neighbor's yard, or from trees down ...

During these days of stay at home COVID-19 guidelines, we have had plenty of time to enjoy our backyard, flowers, trees, and birds. It is good to find something positive to focus on throughout these ...

Chokecherry, Prunus virginiana, is a small shrub or tree found near Montana's rivers and streams. It is one of our most important edible native plants. The scientific name for the genus, Prunus, ...

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We all want our homes to look good both inside and outside, and when it comes to the outside, one of the easiest ways to enhance the visual appeal is by planting trees. Now, naturally, when choosing ...