Laura Lenz

Sustainable Solution for Green Pollution: How Nonnative Privet Impacts Georgia

Planted in 1929, the iconic hedges that surround Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium are a symbol of the University of Georgia. But these dark green, manicured shrubs aren’t Georgian at all. They’re Chinese privet, a semi-evergreen, thick shrub that swallows forests and threatens native species.  Invasive plants are nonnative plants…