Shale gas development spurring spread of invasive plants in Pa. forests

(Penn State) Vast swaths of Pennsylvania forests were clear-cut circa 1900 and regrowth has largely been from local native plant communities, but a team of researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has found that invasive, non-native plants are making significant inroads with unconventional natural gas development.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 20, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news