Barberry, the common name for berberis, are versatile deciduous or evergreen shrubs renowned for their foliage, flowers, berries, and sharp spikes. There are hundreds of different shrubs within ...

Barberry's beneficial effects on high blood sugar also include reducing glucose production in the liver, a common issue for individuals with high levels. It does this by blocking certain enzymes, ...

For more than two decades, Pia Van de Venne of Murrysville has been working to rid the municipality’s parks of invasive plants including barberry, garlic mustard and Japanese stilt-grass.

Barberry grows naturally on the edges of Polish mixed forests. This unassuming shrub is nearly entirely used for health applications. The leaves, fruits, roots, and bark all contain berberine—an ...

Japanese barberry is an invasive shrub that harms the environment and human health (not to mention our animal companions). They have escaped our gardens and now outcompete native plants in our forests ...

Japanese barberry has become a mainstay of Pennsylvania landscaping because it is uninhibited by weather, poor soil or natural predators. But, for those same reasons, a panel of agriculture ...

Impact on brown adipose tissue: Berberine may lower weight by increasing brown adipose tissue, a type of fat tissue that ...

(NCCISMA) is a local non-regulatory agency; best known for invasive species control and education resources, NCCISMA is ...

Japanese barberry, a woody shrub in the Berberidaceae family, is an understory invasive that can live in many different soil and light conditions. It has nitrogen containing roots (giving them a ...

December’s Weed of the Month is Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii). This species is a specially regulated plant on Minnesota’s Noxious Weed list.