Office for Sustainability

🍃 It's our last day of Invasive Species Awareness Week. Don't forget, you can swing by the Eco-Corridor today, 12:30 - 3:00 p.m. to help us remove invasive plants on campus! 💪💪💪 Register using the link in the bio.🔗 ----- Today, we're covering a fun invasive we think you all will recognize: the mimosa tree, also known as silk-tree or Albizia! 🌸 This tree is generally slim and is known for its very airy-looking pink flowers...

4️⃣‼️ Day 4 of Invasive Species Awareness Week features a plant called mugwort. 🌿 Common mugwort, like many invasive species, takes advantage of clearings by roads and any disturbed areas. They like partial to full sun, and often you'll find this plant in drier areas. One of the reasons why mugwort is so difficult to eradicate is due to its spreading through rhizomes underground. ✋ Sign up for the volunteer event tomorrow to help...

It's day 3 of Richmond Invasive Species Awareness Week! Today, let's look at Asiatic bittersweet. 🌿 This plant is native to eastern asian. It is a spindly vine that has silver to reddish brown bark and can climb up to 40 feet. This plant means business. These vines can wrap around and strangle a host tree by covering the limbs of the tree. The excess weight on the branches is very harmful to the trees. Similar to other invasives, this...

📣 It's day 2 of Invasive Species Awareness Week! Have you signed up for any of the awesome events happening this week organized by the James River Park System Invasive Plant Task Force? 🌿😐 The species we're highlighting today is Japanese stiltgrass. This is a troublesome plant that smothers native plant species by creating a dense groundcover, and this coverage also prevents new forest growth. Another common problem with Japanese...