Invasive Plants Blog

Don Pike

The ID of this plant was questioned during the Dec. 10 Removal Event.  It is Sacred Datura (Datura wrightii) and is in the same plant family as potatoes and tomatoes.  All parts of the plant ...

Don Pike

During the event of 12/10/22 volunteers covered a large area of the Superstitions between Massacre Grounds and Treasure Loop trails.  Removals had been performed previously in this area and although there were still fountain and ...

Don Pike

A group of high school students and chaperones, volunteers from Exeter, NH, joined the Desert Defenders for a special removal event in the Superstition Mountains.  Leaving from the Massacre Grounds TH, the group hiked up ...

Don Pike

Eleven energetic volunteers removing fountain and buffel grasses in the area of the Siphon Draw trail. Some were new patches of buffelgrass and some were regrowth of fountain grass in a couple of washes.

Don Pike

Here is another native plant that can be mistaken for buffelgrass if it’s not flowering or you don’t pay attention to the seed head – Cane Beardgrass or Cane Bluestem (Bothriochloa barbinodis).  These photos were ...