Japanese knotweed can now be found growing in nearly every part of Britain – and Bolton is the hotspot. That is according to data tracking confirmed infestations of the irksome plant ...

Independent Councillor Sam Locke has warned that invasive Japanese knotweed has the potential to cause catastrophic damage to the Tralee-Fenit Greenway if efforts to control the plant species are not ...

Japanese knotweed, a terrestrial herbaceous plant that is in the Polygonaceae family, invades along rivers, streams, roads, and in disturbed areas or where dumped. It prefers full sun and rich soils ...

Invasive plant specialists, Environet, has an online heat map which plots sightings of Japanese Knotweed in the country. It shows that, in a 4km area around the north east of Bolton, there has ...

Japanese knotweed can now be found growing in nearly every part of Britain – and Bolton is the hotspot. That is according to data tracking confirmed infestations of the irksome plant ...

Research published in New Phytologist provides insights into why the invasive plant Japanese knotweed is so successful at outcompeting native plants. Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica), which ...

Non-native invasive plant species have long threatened the health of ecosystems, wildlife habitat and populations of native ...

The UK's first Japanese knotweed growth of the year has reportedly been spotted in Plymouth. Early spring is the start of the growing season for the country's most invasive plant. It's known for ...

and also larger than the similar leaves of invasive Japanese knotweed produces flower stalks that contain numerous clusters of small, green-white flowers develops a massive rhizome system below ground ...

Japanese Knotweed is an invasive species which can cause damage to infrastructure and can affect buying and selling properties. The species was originally brought to the UK as an ornamental ...

The UK's first Japanese knotweed growth of the year has reportedly been spotted in Plymouth. Early spring is the start of the growing season for the country's most invasive plant. It's known for ...