Garlic mustard also harms our native wildlife in many ways by diminishing food sources and habitat for native insects and wildlife. A variety of insects rely on native plants to survive because ...

The garlic mustard plant appears along roadsides, trails and streams, and carpets forest floors. Garlic mustard is also taking over wherever it finds open ground and soil that's up for grabs.

Garlic mustard has been working its way across Northeast Ohio since the 1960s, maybe earlier, Mack said. It also takes up to seven years to effectively eradicate the plant from the soil of a given ...

Garlic mustard also emits a garlicky odor from all parts of the plant. Plants usually produce one flowering stem but may have as many as 10 stems from a single root.

It's that time of the year — time to harvest garlic mustard — for salads, and to eradicate the rest of this tasty garlic-smelling spring salad, a biennial native of Europe. It is among the more ...

Garlic and mustard are staples in my house. We love the intense bold flavors. But garlic mustard, now that is a whole other beast. It’s a plant, Alliaria petiolate, and it’s a highly invasive and ...

As we continue to progress toward national invasive species awareness week Feb. 20-26, I’m highlighting a pervasive invasive herbaceous plant found in natural areas and in some landscapes in Indiana: ...

It can grow from several inches up to about 4 feet. Rosette leaves are dark green and heart-shaped, with scalloped edges. Leaves on second-year growth are more triangular, becoming more strongly ...

OPINION: May is Garlic Mustard Month – It’s time to pull. ... Since that time, it has spread to 34 states and is considered one of the most invasive plants in our region.