If left unchecked, both overabundant white-tailed deer populations and invasive shrubs like Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera ...

Disturbed deciduous forests with impoverished soils, a limited seed bank, or genetically degraded forest sites ... through transplantation or seeding of shrubs and herbaceous plants (Mottl ...

Where possible, choose shrubs that hold their own during hot summers and cold winters. Chubby sprays of lilac-purple blooms float over the deciduous foliage from early summer to mid-autumn.

This could be used to introduce students to the different layers of a deciduous forest, and how plants and animals have adapted to the conditions. Students could create a fact-file of the ...

"Control of only invasive shrubs will reduce native cover and not improve tree regeneration," says David Gorchov, Ph.D., and Miami University (Ohio) biology professor. "Managing only deer will ...