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The City of Atlantic Beach is working to stop the spread of an invasive plant species that could weaken the beaches’ dunes.

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The city of Atlantic Beach is working to combat the spread of Beach Vitex, an aggressive invasive plant threatening the vital ...

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Q. Tell me more about the shrubs that are blooming now with blue flowers. They have a pointed shape. A. I believe you are describing the vitex, also called chaste plant. The small versions of the ...

Chasteberry is a fruit growing on trees or shrubs of riverbanks in parts of Asia. But it's also found in the Mediterranean and the southeastern U.S. The scientific name for chasteberry is Vitrex ...

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CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — The beach vitex is a western Pacific plant that is a major threat to coastal ecosystems and has heavily appeared on more than 700 locations on North Carolina beaches ...

The plant is considered invasive because it crowds native dune plants and threatens the habitats of local plant and animal species such as the loggerhead sea turtle. The commission says the project is ...

Some deciduous trees, like native fringe trees and vitex shrubs or trees, are very slow to sprout in spring, and some northern-grown new deciduous plants may sprout on their old late schedule.

Examples of such invasive plants include Tree of Heaven, Autumn Olive, and Japanese Honeysuckle. In Hampton Roads, Endriss specifically cautioned against Beach Vitex.