From our friends at OSU Extension comes this timely and informative missive about Scotch broom -- that pretty but obnoxiously persistent shrub. Check it out. Although admired for its yellow blooms, ...

Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) is a perennial shrub native to northern Africa and parts of Europe. It was introduced into the U.S. in the 1850s as an ornamental, later it was used for erosion ...

The bright yellow beauty of this nonnative woody shrub belies the threat it has created to natural areas. Introduced to California from Europe as an ornamental landscape plant in the 1800s, Scotch ...

In the late nineteenth century, a little town in New Hampshire high in the White Mountains, suddenly became home to dozens of grand hotels, packed with tourists all drawn there by the one thing the ...

The yellow-flowered bush seen along highways, throughout neighborhoods and swallowing clear-cut forests is not native to Washington and is a growing problem for the state’s ecosystem. That’s why a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scotch broom, an invasive weed that was brought into Australia as a garden plant, has been eradicated from the Aussie Ark ...