As winter approaches, small flocks of sparrows and other little brown birds have been visiting my yard, picking through the remnants of the garden, flitting through the trees, annoying the squirrels, ...

Burdock’s burs have tiny hooks that cling to passing animals, dispersing the seeds far and wide. Vicky McMillan Brush up against a burdock plant that has finished flowering, and you’ll probably ...

An avid hiker once told me that if you want relief from summer heat, grab a burdock leaf and wrap it around the back of your neck. Common burdock (Actium minus) is a large-leafed plant that resembles ...

Hikers know it and bicyclists loathe it. It’s that ungainly weed that offers little in the looks and fragrance department, and according to most people who have come into direct contact with the plant ...

Common burdock (Arctium minus) is a biennial native to Europe that was accidentally introduced into the U.S. in the 1600’s. It invades roadsides, ditches, pastures, waste areas, forested areas, and ...

The other day, a lady was proud to show me her patch of wild rhubarb that just popped up this year. However, after I flipped the leaf over to see the white underside, I had to inform her that her ...

Dressed in long sleeves, gloves and boots, five intrepid Audubon volunteers armed with weed whackers and clippers waded into burdock patches at a Helena-area wetlands last week and chopped away.