The Callery Pear Is Everywhere! And It Must Go!

Sunny view of Callery pear blossom in the campus of Oklahoma Christian University at Oklahoma

The Callery Pear, a popular street tree for some reason, is invasive. It’s seeds are carried by birds into our woods. It is a brittle tree, short lived, fast growing. It’s roots destroy sidewalks. Yet people are taken in for their supposed aesthetic beauty — the spring flowers and fall leaves.

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The Lawn Is An Invasive Species

Perfect Suburban Lawn

The lawn describes a chaos of weeds from all corners of the earth fighting it out to make your yard as ugly and lifeless as possible.

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Invasive Plant: Lesser Celandine

Closeup of clump of spring yellow flowers, Ficaria verna, (formerly Ranunculus ficaria L.) commonly known as lesser celandine or pilewort

Lesser Celandine, an early spring denizen, is an aggressive invasive plant that smothers native ephemeral flower and plants.

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Book The Long Island Conservancy

Long Island is facing an environmental crisis. What native habitat we have left is rapidly vanishing. We can do something about this.

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Japanese Knotweed: Problem #1

Japanese Knotweed taking over a meadow

Japanese Knotweed is set to take over. It may be the world’s worst invasive plant, and we have a great deal of it.

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English Ivy: A Haven For Ticks?

English Ivy killing a stand of pine

Could it be that English Ivy contributes to the spread of ticks by providing cover for them and for the white-footed mouse?

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We Must Seed The Future

The young people of Sayville are helping to harvest native wildflower seeds to be planted in beds throughout the community

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Going Native

By going native, everyone can contribute to improving the local ecology, creating habitat for our local creatures.

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