family Rhamnaceae. Buckthorn tend

to shade and crowd out more desirable

plants and trees, including our native

herbs, shrubs, and indigenous wildflowers.

This tree is found in open woods, and

forest edges mostly. Its original home is

in Europe, it was brought over in the mid-

1800's to be decoratively used. Buckthorn

is an extremely easily and quickly spread

tree. When the female buckthorn's berries

are dropped, birds and other small animals

feast upon them. The berries cause an

intense laxative effect, and the berries seeds

are distributed. Buckthorn is tremendously

negative, it is strangling our indigenous

plants and trees. Controlled fires are being

spread and cutting and poisoning are being

conducted to help control the buckthorn

population. These invasive trees are terrible

and should be obliterated immediately.