The Biofuels Center of North Carolina, a state-funded non-profit organization working to develop a large-scale biofuels industry in the state, lists the plant Arundo donax (also known as “giant reed” ...

OXFORD, N.C. — It's fast-growing and drought-tolerant, producing tons of biomass per acre. It thrives even in poor soil and is a self-propagating perennial, so it requires little investment once ...

As he paddled his boat down the Wild and Scenic stretch of the Verde River, Robin Silver began to feel like he was navigating through a tunnel. He looked to both sides, to the banks of the river, and ...

If you've got any mystery plants in your backyard, it's better to identify them sooner than later. A Reddit user posted a picture of a plant they hoped others could identify in r/PortugalExpats. The ...

Someone wandering along the banks of the Rio Grande, on the American side, in the summer of 2009 might have been startled by a small cardboard box plummeting to the ground. Neatly sealed with blue ...

OXFORD, N.C. -- It's fast-growing and drought-tolerant, producing tons of biomass per acre. It thrives even in poor soil and is a self-propagating perennial, so it requires little investment once ...

SALINAS VALLEY — The tall, bamboo-like plants clustered in dense thickets along sections of the Salinas River in the Salinas Valley have long attracted the attention of those who have strolled in that ...

A year ago, Paul Robins tromped into an Asian jungle with a small caravan of workers astride elephant-sized mowers. Giant bamboo stalks rose 10 to 20 feet high around them, sometimes collapsing under ...

OXFORD, n.c. — It’s fast-growing and drought-tolerant, producing tons of biomass per acre. It thrives even in poor soil and is a self-propagating perennial, so it requires little investment once ...