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Managing invasive plants in sensitive ecologies
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Understanding the plants that you are dealing with
-Annuals
-Biennials
-Herbaceous Perennials
-Woody Plants
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Methods for management
• Manual– Hand pulling, Smothering, etc.
• Mechanical– Mowing, Cutting, etc.
• Biological– Grazing, Disease, etc.
• Chemical
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Chemical Methods
• Foliar– Highest chance of off target damage
• Basal Bark Application• Cut Stump Treatment• Stem Injection
James H. Miller, USDA, bugwood.org
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Mile-A-Minute
• Annual Vine from Eastern Asia
• Seed form starting in June through
frost• Seeds are viable
for up to 7 years
Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org
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Multiflora Rose
• Shrub from Asia• Reaches heights up to
15’• Rose Rosette Virus
is a bio-control
S. Debolt
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Autumn Olive
• Large shrub from China• Reaches heights of up to
20’• Prolific seeder which is a
spread by wildlife
Chris Evans, Illinois Wildlife Action Plan, Bugwood.org
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Additional Information
Invasives.org
Nonnative invasive plants of southern forests: a field guide for identification and control (USDA Publication)
www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/gtr/gtr_srs062/
Have Patience!