{"id":6658,"date":"2016-04-04T14:03:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T14:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=6658"},"modified":"2025-07-31T08:35:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:35:37","slug":"indy-star-shares-article-on-backyard-bullies-invasive-plant-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/indy-star-shares-article-on-backyard-bullies-invasive-plant-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Indy Star shares article on backyard bullies, invasive plant species"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ornamental plants provide many environmental and ecological benefits to landscapes and urban areas. They can be aesthetically pleasing, reduce stormwater \"Invasive<\/a>runoff, lower carbon dioxide and pollutants, alleviate the urban \u201cheat island\u201d effect, and provide habitats to pollinators, birds, and mammals.\u00a0Unfortunately, a few of these landscape species can escape into wild areas and create ecological problems in unintended areas such as forests and woodlands.<\/p>\n

The Indy Star shares article titled, “Bradford pears and other backyard bullies to avoid in Indiana<\/a>” listing some of the invasive species that are taking over Indiana woodlands. If you are planning on adding trees or shrubs to your property this spring, you will want to view this article before planting.<\/p>\n

Author:
\nCara Anthony, cara.anthony@indystar.com<\/a>
\nRelease date of article April 2, 2016.
\n<\/em>IndyStar<\/a>
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Resources from The Education Store, Purdue Extension Resource Center:<\/strong>
\nCommercial Greenhouse and Nursery Production: Alternative Options for Invasive Landscape Plants<\/a>
\nInvasive Plant Species in Hardwood Tree Plantations<\/a>
\nInvasive Plant Species Fact Sheets: Poison Hemlock<\/a>
\nMile-a-minute Vine<\/a>
\nNative Trees of the Midwest<\/a>
\nShrubs and Woody Vines of Indiana and the Midwest: Identification, Wildlife Values, and Landscaping Use<\/a><\/p>\n

Videos:
\nInvasive Plant Species: Callery Pear
\n<\/a>Invasive Plant Species: Oriental Bittersweet<\/a>
\nInvasive Plant Species: Wintercreeper<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ornamental plants provide many environmental and ecological benefits to landscapes and urban areas. They can be aesthetically pleasing, reduce stormwater runoff, lower carbon dioxide and pollutants, alleviate the urban \u201cheat island\u201d effect, and provide habitats to pollinators, birds, and mammals.\u00a0Unfortunately, a few of these landscape species can escape into wild areas and create ecological problems […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,80,48,49,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forestry","category-trees","category-invasiveplantspecies","category-plants","category-urbanforestry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t