Tag: Common Buckthorn
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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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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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Baker’s Lake, Barrington Park Campgrounds, 6/26/2023 and 8/8/2023
Barrington Park Campgrounds is one of the best remaining examples of savanna in the Barrington Area. Citizens for Conservation has been managing the site. They control invading woody species and conduct prescribed fire to return this missing ecosystem process back into several area preserves. Summary This post starts by showing some of the beautiful areas…
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Middlefork Savanna 7/22/2023
“Middlefork Savanna has frequently been described as the best example of mesic or black soil savanna in Illinois …” https://dnr.illinois.gov/inpc/area.area2lakemiddleforksavanna.html Summary Comparative views of the work area after the workday and three months later are shown. Difference in application effectiveness across the work area are visible and attributed to there being numerous applicators applying herbicide.…
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Poplar Creek Comparison Photos: Winter to Summer
West Woods Views North East South West Burn Scar with Black Tarp North East South West Burn Scar and Blue Tarp North East South West Cut Material Removed Treated Woody Invasive Species (7/2/2023) Asian bush honeysuckle Multiflora Rose Common buckthorn sprouting having missed being sprayed with herbicide. Josef Goder Tract Looking North Into Open Area…
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Bluff Spring Fen Preliminary Results
Learn about Bluff Spring Fen at the below link. https://dnr.illinois.gov/inpc/area.area2cookbluffspringfen.html Summary A wide view and closer view of the work area are presented. Images of damaged vegetation are shown. Discussion on if this was caused by herbicide or drought is presented. A chart recording number of buckthorns killed or sprouting in different size classes after…
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Deer Grove Preliminary Results
Today I revisited the area north of Camp Alphonse which I had wrote about on the post titled, “Deer Grove On 2/11/2023.” Triclopyr ester (Garlon 4) in basal oil had been applied to the cut surfaces of stumps with a mini-paint roller. Walking to the 2/11/2023 Work Area As I walked from the parking lot…
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Glenview Woods and Harms Woods 3/18/2023
Areas Visited Outlined In Red Sign At Entrance Bridge Over North Branch Chicago River Looking North of Bridge Along North Branch Chicago River Sign Along Orange Gravel Trail Other Side of Above Sign North Work Area The new burn piles are labelled. Piles of logs are labelled. Previous burn piles are the dots that are…
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