Ecological Effects and Management of Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), a Michigan Invasive.

Abstract

Writer’s Statement

I am Seth Tartamella, and am a first year applied ecology major in the College of Forest
Resources and Environmental Science.I wrote this article because common buckthorn is one of
the first invasive species I learned about in my vegetation of North America class and
composition offered a perfect excuse to learn more about an invasive I was unfamiliar with. My
goal with this article was to research the basics of common buckthorn’s invasion and share
what I found with the community of Michigan Tech while gaining experience writing in a
scientific manner.