Tag: Herbicide
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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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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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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…
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Treating Every Stem
Woody species, such as gray dogwood and sumac, are invading prairies. In this case, staghorn sumac has invaded an area with conservative prairie sedges. If the staghorn sumac is not controlled, the prairie species will die from excessive shade. Placing flags is how I treat every stem that I have cut or frilled. I cut…
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Crown Vetch Control
Summary This post compares the labor-intensive method of applying herbicide to each crown vetch stem, or group of stems, versus spraying that has been done to control crown vetch at a nearby location under different management. The final set of images show where this former remnant prairie is now mostly just crown vetch which has…
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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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Illinois Beach State Park 8/5/2023
Learn more about the nature preserve at Illinois Beach State Park in the below link. https://dnr.illinois.gov/inpc/area.area2lakeillinoisbeach.html Summary This post discusses the control of white sweet clover and crown vetch at Illinois Beach State Park. It ends with images of an interesting beetle. Sweet Clover These are piles of white sweet clover. After the sweet clover…
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