University of Illinois Extension Forester Christopher ... “So, if you want to preserve our native plants and keep wildlife value, that’s why it’s important to manage them.” ...

Plant competition is an instrumental part of natural ecosystems with winners and losers in all cases, but it is really ...

But they said the discovery underscores how public education can keep this invasive species and others out of Illinois waterways. Hydrilla, an aquatic plant native to Europe and Asia, was ...