So even in ecology, China exports the full package: invasive arrival, local damage, and a support system for another pest. This is exactly why native ecosystems matter. One bad species can open the door to a whole chain of damage.

Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) an invasive tree that is frequently confused with native sumacs (Rhus species) like Staghorn or Smooth Sumac. You can tell them apart by checking the leaf edges (sumac is toothed, Tree of Heaven is smooth) and the smell of crushed leaves.

And kill as many of these suckers as you can. Seriously!

There's an invasive tree growing across America, and it's rolling out the welcome mat for the worst new bug on the continent. It's called tree of heaven, and the name is a lie. It came over from China in the 1780s, and now it's everywhere: fast, scrappy, growing up through pavement, poisoning the soil around it so natives can't compete. One female makes over 300,000 winged seeds a year. Crush a leaf and it smells like rancid peanut butter. And it's the favorite food of the spotted lanternfly, the invasive planthopper now chewing through grapes, orchards, and hardwoods across the East. An invading tree, feeding an invading bug. Kill the tree, starve the bug. Here's the part that trips everyone up. Do not just cut it down. Cutting it, even cutting and painting the stump, makes it panic and shoot up dozens of root suckers. One tree becomes a thicket. The move that works: treat the standing tree. Hack a ring of cuts into the bark and apply triclopyr in late summer, and it carries the poison down into its own roots. Never advice I love to give, but it's the best way to end this invasion, one tree at a time.

There is not a chance in the world, a normal healthy person falls a sleep in a public event with extreme noise, even if one tries. Trump is dementia napping.

It’s time America to rise up and save yourselves and your country. This guy isn’t even American. You should be running him out of town after everything he’s done…

Deport and cancel musk's citizenship and passport from the United States!

Stop this pillaging of American Refuges for the profiting of trillionaires! This is disgusting!

Elon Musk is being given 715 acres of land in the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. A lawsuit has been filed by numerous Conservation groups. They say it violates laws that are protecting refuges and harms endangered species. It’s on a National Historic Landmark.

This is just cruel. Why doesn’t his family intervene and get him the care a residential care facility for seniors can provide?

“The writing was on the wall”…! 👇

They sure paid for it.

Every October, there's one shrub in neighborhoods all over America that absolutely shows off. It's also making a run for the woods. It's burning bush, and honestly, I get it. That color is ridiculous. Problem is, burning bush never really accepted the whole "stay in the yard" arrangement. Birds eat the berries, fly off, and plant it in nearby woods. Before long, you've got dense patches of the stuff shading out wildflowers and crowding out young trees. Deer won't eat it. It handles shade a little too well. Once it gets comfortable, it can become a real pain. That's why it's invasive across much of the eastern U.S. and several states have banned new sales altogether. Red chokeberry goes that same screaming scarlet in fall and feeds birds while it's at it. Virginia sweetspire turns wine-red and puts on a show of white flowers in spring. Same drama with a bit less ecological crime.

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The morning news won’t tell you this: 6 Articles of Impeachment were filed against John Roberts for gross financial conflicts. No one is above the law. Take 60 seconds while you have your coffee to demand your reps hold him accountable. Act here: actionnetwork.org/letters/te…

I've never seen a president start a war and then beg the enemy to make a deal to end the war. Republicans are terrible at governing.

Trump lies constantly and he is desperate for the Iran war to be over. So desperate that he’s giving Iran 20 times the money Obama did, and getting nothing in return, except an open strait that Iran will charge a “maintenance fee” to all ships. Well done, bozo

The tarp is still up Monday morning at the Kennedy Center, obscuring the name of the building. The Trump administration filed paperwork saying it complied w judge’s order to remove the current president’s name.

Were you of age for the military lottery? My brother was and I can remember watching TV to see if he was going to be called.