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My Buckthorn Chia Pet

Season 6 | Episode 4

My Buckthorn Chia Pet

April 1, 2025

Buckthorn has been the bane of many foresters and forest landowners throughout eastern North America. This long-lived, woody plant is capable of forming dense thickets, degrading native understory plant communities and impeding tree regeneration. While herbicide control measures can be effective, managers have struggled for long-term control of this prolific plant. Join for this episode of SilviCast as we explore ways to disrupt the buckthorn cycle with Dr. Mike Schuster, Researcher at the Minnesota Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests Center.

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Mike Schuster, Ph.D.

Researcher, Minnesota Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests Center, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota

Mike Schuster is an ecologist in the Department of Forest Resources at the University of Minnesota. He is an expert on invasive plants and is the lead scientist of the “Cover It Up” project, which has shown how planting native species can help protect forests from invasion by buckthorn and other exotic shrubs. 


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Cover It Up project – University of Minnesota

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