Control Method: Chemical
Projects
Town of Stow’s Captain Sargent Conservation Area
Project Organization: Stow Conservation Commission Project Town(s): Stow Start Date: July 1, 2015Project Summary:
This project is a portion of a CPA funded project to treat Japanese knotweed, glossy buckthorn, bittersweet, and Japanese barberry at Captain Sargent which was surveyed and mapped for invasives in 2014. Other properties mapped for invasives as a part of this project are Flagg Hill, Town Forest, Heath Hen… Read more
Habitat Types: Field/forest edge, ForestControl Methods: Chemical, Mechanical Disposal Methods: Incineration
Sudbury Valley Trustees’ Desert Natural Area
Project Organization: Sudbury Valley Trustees Project Town(s): Sudbury Start Date: June 1, 2012Project Summary:
SVT and the City of Marlborough have employed a variety of techniques to control all invasive plants throughout the 600-acre Desert Natural Area over the course of the last 5 years and going forward. Read more
Habitat Types: Field/forest edge, Floodplain forest, Herbaceous marsh, Oak/pine forest, Pitch pine forest, Right-of-way, Stream bank, Upland/wetland edgeControl Methods: Chemical, Manual, Mechanical Disposal Methods: Left on site, buckthorn piles with roots off ground
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Project
Project Organization: FWS Project Town(s): Sudbury Start Date: May 1, 2012Project Summary:
Habitat Types: Field/forest edge, Wet meadow
Control Methods: Chemical, Manual Disposal Methods: Incineration, Bagging
Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge Project
Project Organization: FWS Project Town(s): Maynard Start Date: April 15, 2012Project Summary:
Pathfinder II herbicide treatment and manual pulling and cutting were used to control invasive species across the management area over the course of one year with planned follow-up monitoring. Read more
Habitat Types: Field/forest edge, Fields, Floodplain forest, Pitch pine forest, Shrub wetland, Upland/wetland edgeControl Methods: Chemical, Manual Disposal Methods: Incineration, Bagging
Walden Woods Project’s Bear Garden Hill
Project Organization: The Walden Woods Project Project Town(s): Concord Start Date: May 1, 2012Project Summary:
Manual control was done repeatedly on garlic mustard and glossy buckthorn populations. Mowing of the field was followed up by four total days of herbicide application by New England Wildflower. Read more
Habitat Types: Agricultural field, Field/forest edgeControl Methods: Chemical, Manual, Mechanical Disposal Methods: Brush Pile, Incineration, Removal by New England Wildflower
Trustees of Reservations Black Swallowwort Control
Project Organization: The Trustees Project Town(s): Concord Start Date: August 13, 2009Project Summary:
All swallowwort was treated with herbicide Read more
Habitat Types: Field/forest edge, Fields, Stream bankControl Methods: Chemical, Manual Disposal Methods: Left on site
Sudbury Valley Trustees Greenways Conservation Area
Project Organization: Sudbury Valley Trustees Project Town(s): Wayland Start Date: September 1, 2005Project Summary:
Mechanical clearing and mowing was done on the field which was followed up by four years of herbicide treatment and native planting projects. Read more
Habitat Types: Field/forest edge, Fields, Upland/wetland edge, Wet meadowControl Methods: Chemical, Manual Disposal Methods: Brush Pile, Left on site