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5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods= manually or mechanically damaging plants
Removing beachgrass (Ammophila arinaria) from Lanphere Dunes CA
Uprooting tamarisk (Tamarix spp) in Arizona
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methodsAdvantages• Generally much less public opposition: people will even
volunteer!
Phragmites australis control in Kampoosa Bog Mass.
Volunteers cut reed stems and injected stems with herbicide to kill underground rhizomes
Annual monitoring and treatment continues (started in 2000)
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methodsAdvantages• Generally much less public opposition• Works well on small populations: Lanphere dunes example – 10
acres infested.
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methodsAdvantages• Generally much less public opposition• Works well on small populations• Can be extremely specific: minimize damage to other plants or
environment
Centauria diffusa control in Oregon: weeding out individual knapweed plants while not disturbing surrounding vegetation
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methodsAdvantages• Generally much less public opposition• Works well on small populations• Can be extremely specific: minimize damage to other plants or
environment • But not always specific…
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methodsAdvantages• Generally much less public opposition• Works well on small populations• Can be extremely specificDisadvantages• Labor & time intensive: beach grass removal at Lanphere Dunes
took 2,951 person-hours per acre over 3 years (at $7.00 per hour, that’s $20,657 per acre). VOLUNTEERS ARE ESSENTIAL!
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ii) Mechanical methodsAdvantages• Generally much less public opposition• Works well on small populations• Can be extremely specificDisadvantages• Labor & time intensive• Often requires follow-up treatments: Lanphre dunes took 3
years of repeated treatments.
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methodsAdvantages• Generally much less public opposition• Works well on small populations• Can be extremely specificDisadvantages• Labor & time intensive• Often requires follow-up treatments• Inadvertent damage
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding• Effective: annuals, tap-rooted plants, some woody plants
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding• Effective: annuals, tap-rooted plants, some woody plants• Not effective: perennials with rhizomes
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding• Effective: annuals, tap-rooted plants, some woody plants• Not effective: perennials with rhizomes• Advantages: (1) specificity
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding• Effective: annuals, tap-rooted plants, some woody plants• Not effective: perennials with rhizomes• Advantages: (1) specificity; (2) minimize impact
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding• Effective: annuals, tap-rooted plants, some woody plants• Not effective: perennials with rhizomes• Advantages: (1) specificity; (2) minimize impact; (3) low cost for
equipment
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding• Effective: annuals, tap-rooted plants, some woody plants• Not effective: perennials with rhizomes• Advantages: (1) specificity; (2) minimize impact; (3) low cost for
equipment
Root talon
Weed wrench
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding• Effective: annuals, tap-rooted plants, some woody plants• Not effective: perennials with rhizomes• Advantages: (1) specificity; (2) minimize impact; (3) low cost for
equipment• Disadvantages: (1) labor intensive
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding• Effective: annuals, tap-rooted plants, some woody plants• Not effective: perennials with rhizomes• Advantages: (1) specificity; (2) minimize impact; (3) low cost for
equipment• Disadvantages: (1) labor intensive; (2) small areas
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting• Single: Effective on some annuals; reduce seed production
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting• Single: Effective on some annuals; reduce seed production• Repeated: effective on a greater number of species
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting• Single: Effective on some annuals; reduce seed production• Repeated: effective on a greater number of species• Not effective: plants that re-sprout or regenerate from
fragments
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting• Single: Effective on some annuals; reduce seed production• Repeated: effective on a greater number of species• Not effective: plants that resprout or regenerate from fragments• Advantages: (1) primary treatment
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting• Single: Effective on some annuals; reduce seed production• Repeated: effective on a greater number of species• Not effective: plants that resprout or regenerate from fragments• Advantages: (1) primary treatment; (2) relatively large areas
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting• Single: Effective on some annuals; reduce seed production• Repeated: effective on a greater number of species• Not effective: plants that resprout or regenerate from fragments• Advantages: (1) primary treatment; (2) relatively large areas; (3)
less labor
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting• Single: Effective on some annuals; reduce seed production• Repeated: effective on a greater number of species• Not effective: plants that resprout or regenerate from fragments• Advantages: (1) primary treatment; (2) relatively large areas; (3) less
labor• Disadvantages: (1) follow-up treatments
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting• Single: Effective on some annuals; reduce seed production• Repeated: effective on a greater number of species• Not effective: plants that resprout or regenerate from fragments• Advantages: (1) primary treatment; (2) relatively large areas; (3) less
labor• Disadvantages: (1) follow-up treatments; (2) more equipment
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling• Effective: annuals, shallow-rooted perennials
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling• Effective: annuals, shallow-rooted perennials• Not effective: plants regenerate from root/stem fragments
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling• Effective: annuals, shallow-rooted perennials• Not effective: plants regenerate from root/stem fragments• Advantages: (1) effective, especially if completed before seeds
produced & when soil is dry
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling• Effective: annuals, shallow-rooted perennials• Not effective: plants regenerate from root/stem fragments• Advantages: (1) effective, especially if completed before seeds
produced & when soil is dry; (2) large areas
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling• Effective: annuals, shallow-rooted perennials• Not effective: plants regenerate from root/stem fragments• Advantages: (1) effective, especially if completed before seeds
produced & when soil is dry; (2) large areas• Disadvantages: (1) soil disturbance
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling• Effective: annuals, shallow-rooted perennials• Not effective: plants regenerate from root/stem fragments• Advantages: (1) effective, especially if completed before seeds
produced & when soil is dry; (2) large areas• Disadvantages: (1) soil disturbance; (2) more equipment
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing• Similar to mowing/cutting• Single: Effective on some annuals; reduce seed production• Repeated: effective on some perennial species• Not effective: plants that re-sprout
Sheep grazing on leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) in a Colorado State University control trial
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing• Similar to mowing/cutting• Single: Effective on some annuals; reduce seed production• Repeated: effective on some perennial species• Not effective: plants that resprout • Advantages: (1) primary treatment; (2) relatively large areas; (3)
less labor
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing• Similar to mowing/cutting• Single: Effective on some annuals; reduce seed production• Repeated: effective on some perennial species• Not effective: plants that resprout • Advantages: (1) primary treatment; (2) relatively large areas; (3) less
labor & less equipment
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing• Similar to mowing/cutting• Single: Effective on some annuals; reduce seed production• Repeated: effective on some perennial species• Not effective: plants that resprout • Advantages: (1) primary treatment; (2) relatively large areas; (3) less
labor & less equipment; (4) break crust; (5) incorporate seeds into soil
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing• Similar to mowing/cutting• Single: Effective on some annuals; reduce seed production• Repeated: effective on some perennial species• Not effective: plants that resprout • Advantages: (1) primary treatment; (2) relatively large areas; (3) less
labor & less equipment; (4) break crust; (5) incorporate seeds into soil
• Disadvantages: (1) overgrazing
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing• Similar to mowing/cutting• Single: Effective on some annuals; reduce seed production• Repeated: effective on some perennial species• Not effective: plants that resprout • Advantages: (1) primary treatment; (2) relatively large areas; (3) less
labor & less equipment; (4) break crust; (5) incorporate seeds into soil
• Disadvantages: (1) overgrazing; (2) follow-up treatments
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing• Similar to mowing/cutting• Single: Effective on some annuals; reduce seed production• Repeated: effective on some perennial species• Not effective: plants that resprout • Advantages: (1) primary treatment; (2) relatively large areas; (3) less
labor & less equipment; (4) break crust; (5) incorporate seeds into soil
• Disadvantages: (1) overgrazing; (2) follow-up treatments• Considerations: (1) type of animal
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing• Similar to mowing/cutting• Single: Effective on some annuals; reduce seed production• Repeated: effective on some perennial species• Not effective: plants that resprout • Advantages: (1) primary treatment; (2) relatively large areas; (3) less
labor & less equipment; (4) break crust; (5) incorporate seeds into soil
• Disadvantages: (1) overgrazing; (2) follow-up treatments• Considerations: (1) type of animal; (2) timing & duration of
grazing
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing• Similar to mowing/cutting• Single: Effective on some annuals; reduce seed production• Repeated: effective on some perennial species• Not effective: plants that resprout • Advantages: (1) primary treatment; (2) relatively large areas; (3) less
labor & less equipment; (4) break crust; (5) incorporate seeds into soil
• Disadvantages: (1) overgrazing; (2) follow-up treatments• Considerations: (1) type of animal; (2) timing & duration of grazing;
(3) controlling movement
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing• Similar to mowing/cutting• Single: Effective on some annuals; reduce seed production• Repeated: effective on some perennial species• Not effective: plants that resprout • Advantages: (1) primary treatment; (2) relatively large areas; (3) less
labor & less equipment; (4) break crust; (5) incorporate seeds into soil
• Disadvantages: (1) overgrazing; (2) follow-up treatments• Considerations: (1) type of animal; (2) timing & duration of grazing;
(3) controlling movement; (4) controlling seed dispersal
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing• Similar to mowing/cutting• Single: Effective on some annuals; reduce seed production• Repeated: effective on some perennial species• Not effective: plants that resprout • Advantages: (1) primary treatment; (2) relatively large areas; (3) less
labor & less equipment; (4) break crust; (5) incorporate seeds into soil
• Disadvantages: (1) overgrazing; (2) follow-up treatments• Considerations: (1) type of animal; (2) timing & duration of grazing;
(3) controlling movement; (4) controlling seed dispersal; (5) predation
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing
• Example: Patterson’s Curse (Echium plantangineum) in Australia – grazing worked almost as well as herbicide to control
• ‘Crash grazing’ – short duration, high stocking rate
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ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing
• Example: Medusahead (Taenatherium caput-medusae) in California (UC coop. extension)
• ‘Intensive grazing’ – short duration, high stocking rate
“Excellent control was obtained with very high-density and short-duration grazing, but these levels are difficult for many ranchers to duplicate. Additional funding expands the research …and will examine the effect of lower animal densities and longer grazing periods on medusahead control”
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ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing(5) Prescribed burn• Effective: a range of annual & perennial invasives; herbs &
woody
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing(5) Prescribed burn• Effective: a range of annual & perennial invasives; herbs & woody• Not effective: plants that resprout; fire-adapted seeds; novel
disturbance
Scotch broom prescribed burn(photo USFS)
Desert grassland prescribed burn; prevent woodyPlant encroachment (photo USFS)
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing(5) Prescribed burn• Effective: a range of annual & perennial invasives; herbs & woody• Not effective: plants that resprout; fire-adapted seeds; novel
disturbance• Advantages: (1) win-win scenario
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing(5) Prescribed burn• Effective: a range of annual & perennial invasives; herbs & woody• Not effective: plants that resprout; fire-adapted seeds; novel
disturbance• Advantages: (1) win-win scenario; (2) relatively large areas
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing(5) Prescribed burn• Effective: a range of annual & perennial invasives; herbs & woody• Not effective: plants that resprout; fire-adapted seeds; novel
disturbance• Advantages: (1) win-win scenario; (2) relatively large areas• Disadvantages: (1) specialized labor & equipment
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing(5) Prescribed burn• Effective: a range of annual & perennial invasives; herbs & woody• Not effective: plants that resprout; fire-adapted seeds; novel
disturbance• Advantages: (1) win-win scenario; (2) relatively large areas• Disadvantages: (1) specialized labor & equipment; (2) control
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing(5) Prescribed burn• Effective: a range of annual & perennial invasives; herbs & woody• Not effective: plants that resprout; fire-adapted seeds; novel
disturbance• Advantages: (1) win-win scenario; (2) relatively large areas• Disadvantages: (1) specialized labor & equipment; (2) control; (3)
potential adverse soil effects
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing(5) Prescribed burn• Effective: a range of annual & perennial invasives; herbs & woody• Not effective: plants that resprout; fire-adapted seeds; novel
disturbance• Advantages: (1) win-win scenario; (2) relatively large areas• Disadvantages: (1) specialized labor & equipment; (2) control; (3)
potential adverse soil effects• Considerations: (1) timing of burn
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing(5) Prescribed burn• Effective: a range of annual & perennial invasives; herbs & woody• Not effective: plants that resprout; fire-adapted seeds; novel
disturbance• Advantages: (1) win-win scenario; (2) relatively large areas• Disadvantages: (1) specialized labor & equipment; (2) control; (3)
potential adverse soil effects• Considerations: (1) timing of burn; (2) controlling seed dispersal
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing(5) Prescribed burn(6) Girdling• Effective: single-trunk plants such as pines, some oaks &
maples• Not effective: plants that resprout
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing(5) Prescribed burn(6) Girdling• Effective: single-trunk plants such as pines, some oaks & maples• Not effective: plants that resprout• Advantages: (1) less labor than cutting; (2) highly specific; (3)
snags for wildlife; (4) returns nutrients to soil; (5) reduced erosion potential
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing(5) Prescribed burn(6) Girdling• Effective: single-trunk plants such as pines, some oaks & maples• Not effective: plants that resprout• Advantages: (1) less labor than cutting; (2) highly specific; (3) snags
for wildlife; (4) returns nutrients to soil; (5) reduced erosion potential• Disadvantages: (1) labor intensive; (2) small areas
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ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing(5) Prescribed burn(6) Girdling(7) Mulching• Effective: small herbaceous invasives without storage tissues
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing(5) Prescribed burn(6) Girdling(7) Mulching• Effective: small herbaceous invasives without storage tissues• Advantages: (1) by-product use• Disadvantages: (1) non-specific; (2) small areas
Oxalis pes-caprae infestations can be controlled by mulching orsolarization
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ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing(5) Prescribed burn(6) Girdling(7) Mulching(8) Soil solarization• Effective: small herbaceous invasives or after land clearing
5) Managementc) Control
ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing(5) Prescribed burn(6) Girdling(7) Mulching(8) Soil solarization• Effective: small herbaceous invasives or after land clearing• Advantages: (1) complete kill; (2) retains nutrients• Disadvantages: (1) non-specific
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ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing(5) Prescribed burn(6) Girdling(7) Mulching(8) Soil solarization(9) Flooding• Effective: limited number of invasives
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ii) Mechanical methods(1) Weeding(2) Mowing & brush cutting(3) Tilling(4) Grazing(5) Prescribed burn(6) Girdling(7) Mulching(8) Soil solarization(9) Flooding• Effective: limited number of invasives• Advantages: (1) complete kill• Disadvantages: (1) non-specific