Brought from Asia in the 1860s as an ornamental plant, round leaf bittersweet is a perennial in the Celastraceae family. It is an invasive woody vine that inhabits suitable areas where it can find a ...

A few times while out hunting while still in my teens, I came across a plant that I’d never seen before. It was vine-like and had red berries with a yellowish sheath spilt open around the berry. I was ...

American bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) is a hardy, native vine which grows up to 30 feet long. It may be found growing in thickets, in stands of young trees, along fence rows and streams. It does ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Gardeners hoping to celebrate the beauty of American bittersweet - a native vine that produces orange berries in the fall and is used for wreaths - may be unwittingly buying an ...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - An invasive plant that agriculture and forestry professionals describe as worse than buckthorn is establishing itself in Minnesota - in one case planted because nursery stock was ...

Q: I have spent the entire summer trying to reclaim an abandoned garden from a hideous infestation of Oriental bittersweet. Now I have been told my enemy is actually endangered native bittersweet and ...