Habitat Type: Pitch pine forest
Projects
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
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