Phragmites are a tall wetland grass that can grow up to 15 feet, but it's actually an invasive species that uses up a lot of ...

As previously mentioned, native phragmites is often confused as an invasive, and as a result, many have unknowingly removed native stands. In order to avoid this, look for the distinguishing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Almost everybody can recognize phragmites, even if they don’t know its name. A grass that grows eight feet tall and covers thousands of acres of wetlands, and not-so-wetlands, in New Jersey is hard to ...

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 ...