Managing invasive plants in sensitive ecologies

Understanding the plants that you are dealing with

-Annuals

-Biennials

-Herbaceous Perennials

-Woody Plants

Methods for management

• Manual– Hand pulling, Smothering, etc.

• Mechanical– Mowing, Cutting, etc.

• Biological– Grazing, Disease, etc.

• Chemical

Chemical Methods

• Foliar– Highest chance of off target damage

• Basal Bark Application• Cut Stump Treatment• Stem Injection

James H. Miller, USDA, bugwood.org

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

Multiflora Rose

• Shrub from Asia• Reaches heights up to

15’• Rose Rosette Virus

is a bio-control

S. Debolt

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

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!