Clemson Extension Forestry and Wildlife

Wisteria is in Bloom Across South Carolina

Large, showy, purple wisteria flowers are covering trees along roadsides this time of year. While they are pretty, most of what you are seeing is also invasive. Several wisteria species live in South Carolina. American (Wisteria frutescens) and Kentucky wisteria (W. macrostachya) are native species. They are not all that aggressive in terms of their […]

Rounding Up The Evidence

This article was initially featured in the November/December 2019 issue of Forest Landowner magazine. Click here for a printable pfd Roundup® causes cancer! Join the class action lawsuit! If you’ve seen the news lately, you might think that glyphosate, the commonly used active ingredient in many herbicide formulations (including Roundup®) is a cancer-causing agent. Heck, […]