OROVILLE — A plant with pretty yellow blooms in the spring has been banned in Butte County. Scotch, Spanish or French broom, has long been a thorn in the side of those concerned about fire safety. The ...

Brooms, which encompass species within both the Cytisus and Genista genera, bring pops of vibrant springtime color to those troublesome sandy and gravelling soils. Native to scrubby sites in Europe, ...

First, I want to thank the dedicated volunteers behind the Broom Eradication and Education Project. These people are putting on work boots and work gloves to sweat through half of their Saturdays ...

It looks pretty, but the white weeping broom is a fast-spreading, invasive plant that is threatening biodiversity in Western Australia's coastal towns. White weeping broom is a Mediterranean shrub ...

Mendocino National Forest plans to use herbicides and hand tools to remove and control invasive broom plants now sprouting in the footprint of the Ranch fire, which in 2018 scorched about 288,000 ...

As we move into Orange County’s drought-dry fall, most wild plants have long since folded up for the season – but wait. Out amid the scrub that grows on fans of flood-wash below the mountains, one ...