Jackson >> If you live in the foothills of Northern California, you may hate Scotch broom. The invasive plant is hard to kill, contributes to fire damage and drops seeds that may sprout decad… ...

For Earth Day, over 100 volunteers in the state of Washington gathered to clear and restore Maple Creek Reach, focusing their efforts on the removal of the invasive Scotch broom plant. Hosted by ...

Scotch broom is also known as common broom and Spanish broom as weaver’s broom. They share a European heritage, native to the British Isles and Western Europe; they look similar, have similar ...

Invasive Scotch broom is disrupting natural forest succession and ruining prime salmon habitat as its yellow scourge spreads along the Hoh River and in other Olympic Peninsula salmon strongholds.

Cytisus scoparius, commonly known as Scotch broom, is anything but harmless, and “aesthetically pleasing” is probably the last thing many would associate with the weed, which is native to the ...

Another name for this shrub is Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius). Sound familiar? It is an aggressive European import that has escaped cultivation to become one of the great plant scourges from ...

Scotch broom along Gracie Road will soon be eradicated; the yellow flowers and wispy growth habit make it easy to identify. Today a team of volunteers is hard at work near Nevada City, loppers and ...

The rows of bright yellow scotch broom near Kelso airport may be thriving now, but Cowlitz County unleashed a tiny, yet effective, secret weapon Thursday morning: 200 Bruchidius villosus beetles.

The specific epitaph of Spanish Broom is Spartium junceum, while Scotch broom is Cytisus scoparius. The Latin specific epithet junceum means "rush-like," referring to the shoots.

In the aftermath of a fire on an island in Deception Pass State Park, wildflowers sprung up on land once dominated by invasive scotch broom.

The microscopic bugs attack Scotch broom buds, reducing their ability to reproduce and even killing large swaths of the bushy plants during especially large infestations.