Plan D: Natural Seeding of Box Elder Trees

Summary

One year of herbicide treatment and tillage adjacent to stands of Box Elder trees to allow natural seeding by the Box Elders and encourage new stands of Box Elder to shade out the Reed Canary Grass (RCG) is the experiment we are doing here. When the RCG is controlled, the area will be treated as in Plan C, with a direct tree seeding and removal of the Box Elder trees. The area prepared for natural seeding in 2007 is ½ acre.

Details

A prescribed burn was conducted in April, 2007. Research Area D07 was treated with Sethoxydim herbicide in early June, mowed in late June and treated with Glyphosate herbicide in late August. The herbicide treatments appear to have killed most of the RCG. The site was mowed and tilled in mid September. The site will be left as is and should be a good area to germinate volunteer Box Elder seeds.