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<br /> <br />Black chokeberry <br />(Aronia melanocarpa) <br /> <br />Juneberry <br />(Amelanchier laevis) <br /> <br />Typically grows at the margins of lakes and <br />wetlands-places where the soil is fairly rich <br />and moist, and where it can get partial sun. It <br />is colonial, but not aggressive. It has attractive <br />white flowers in early summer, and shiny <br />black berries with lovely red foliage in the <br />autumn. <br /> <br />A small, slender tree that often grows in oak <br />forests, and in mixed pine-hardwood forests. <br />The new leaves are bronze colored in the <br />spring, but turn dark green by summer. The <br />showy flowers are followed by edible fruit, <br />resembling blueberries. A beautiful landscape <br />plant. <br /> <br />What you can do to control buckthorn! <br /> <br />Controlling seedlings or small buckthorn plants <br /> <br /> <br />For individual plants <br /> <br />If less than 3/8 inch in diameter, remove by hand. Small seedlings can be <br />pulled and will not re-sprout. If greater than 3/8 inch, use a hand tool that <br />pulls the shrub out, such as a "Weed Wrench" or "Root Talon". The <br />"Weed Wrench" comes in four different sizes and will remove buckthorn <br />stems up to 2.5 inches in diameter. Removing by hand is easier if the soil <br />is moist. Before you pull or dig buckthorn out of your soil, Contact <br />Gopher State One Call (1-800-252-1166) to ensure there are no buried <br />utilities in the area. <br /> <br />If pulling individual plants is impractical <br /> <br />Spray foliage of short buckthorn or seedlings with a herbicide. <br />Glyphosate (one brand name is Roundup) will kill all actively growing <br />vegetation on which it is sprayed. Triclopyr will kill broadleaf plants and <br />will not harm grasses when applied properly. <br />