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Harlem Hills 3/24/2024
Summary Part One: Pasque Flower Tour Part Two: Volunteer Workday Pasque Flower Tour Jack Shouba giving a poetic Native American description of Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla patens). The first Pasque Flower I have ever seen in its native habitat. Profile view of the above Pasque Flower. A group of Pasque Flowers surrounded by snow toward the…
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“Ring of Death”
Summary Spraying Versus Using a Mini-Paint Roller Comparison of applying triclopyr ester in basal oil to stems with a backpack sprayer versus applying this herbicide with a mini-paint roller. Treating Even One Seedling Can Have an Impact Non-target vegetation impacted when rain occurred two days after treating a buckthorn seedling with triclopyr ester in basal…
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The Worst Invasive Species Control I’ve Seen
Summary Overview Herbicide Impacted Native Species Complaint The Next Year 2021 Sprayed Invasive Species Overview For an Eagle Scout project, the larger common buckthorns were removed from a good portion of the preserve that is the topic of this post. After this was done, I volunteered solo at this location for several years. I was not allowed…
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Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve 1/7/2023
For this post, I visited the Old Plank Road Prairie Nature Preserve. The volunteer group that is working at this preserve posts information on workdays at the following Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/OPRprairies Summary Satellite Map Herbicide Application Map Location of woody invasive species are mapped and labelled. Further explanation of the map included in this respective section. Images…
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Can Fire Kill Small Buckthorns?
I have participated in prescribed burns where the fire was only a few inches tall barely creeping through the leaf litter. I returned the following summer and found seedling buckthorns were not killed. A number of people have said frequent fire will keep buckthorn or bush honeysuckle from getting established. I wanted to see this…
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Glenview Woods 11/19/2023
Summary New Burn Scars The map of burn scars has been updated to show new burn scars that have been made since my 3/18/2023 visit. Herbicide Application I relocated stumps that I had marked on a map during my 3/18/2023 visit as being treated. I surveyed the stumps for sprouting, reported the rate of effectiveness…
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Selectivity of Glyphosate Foam
Below is crown vetch (Coronilla varia). I used a foam applicator to spray gobs of glyphosate foam across the plant trying to get good coverage with at least one gob on every inch or two. The plants coming up through the crown vetch are spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis). I was careful not to get any of…
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Illinois Beach State Park Summer Burn Comparison Images From 10/21/2023
Summary Landscape Views Views contrasting the difference between areas that were and were not burned this summer. When two images are compared, they were taken from opposite sides of the trail. Oak Response Images showing oaks that created water sprouts or did not sprout after the summer burn. Sprouting Shrubs That Were Browsed Images of…
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Spring Creek, Healy Savanna, 8/16/2023 and 8/17/2023
In this post, I visit Healy Savanna. Healy Savanna has prairie areas on top of the ridge, savanna areas into the oak trees, and on the steep eastern facing slope woodland species. Healy Savanna can be accessed by hiking north from the Beverly Lake parking lot. The Beverly Lake parking lot is known for illicit…
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Spring Creek, the 160, 8/16/2023 and 8/17/2023
In this post, I visited the 160. The 160 is a prairie reconstruction that can be accessed by hiking east from the Beverly Lake parking lot. The Beverly Lake parking lot is known for illicit activity. Therefore, I suggest visiting in a group. A map of the area can be viewed on the previous post…
Stewardship Chronicles 