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Release of Roadside Native Perennial Grasses following Removal of Yellow Starthistle

Stephen L. Young and Victor P. Claassen
Ecological Restoration, December 2008, 26 (4) 357-364; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.26.4.357
Stephen L. Young
Stephen L. Young, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Precision Agricultural Systems, Washington State University, Prosser, WA 99350,
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The ecological benefits of a roadside native perennial grass stand are compromised when invasive species become established. We evaluated the potential to regenerate existing native perennial grass stands populated with yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) on a roadside planting in the lowland hills of the interior Coast Range of northern California. The experiment was designed to determine the effects of mowing, burning, or herbicide spraying, alone and in combination, on the vegetative cover and density of native perennial grasses and C. solstitialis. The study site contained blue wildrye (Elymus glaucus) and purple needlegrass (Nassella pulchra) as well as C. solstitialis. Burn, herbicide, and mow treatments were applied in spring 2004. After one year, C. solstitialis cover was less than 2% in all treatments that included spraying and in two years, C. solstitialis was 2% or less in all treatments except burned plots (8%) and control plots (16%). By the end of two years, percent cover and activity (i.e., growth and dormancy) of native perennial grasses were significantly greater for management treatments that included at least two of the tested vegetation control techniques. This study suggests that a combination of vegetation control techniques is necessary to nearly eliminate C. solstitialis and increase late summer cover and activity of native perennial grasses.

  • blue wildrye (Elymus glaucus)
  • dormancy
  • integrated roadside vegetation management
  • purple needlegrass (Nassella pulchra)
  • yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis)

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Stephen L. Young, Victor P. Claassen
Ecological Restoration Dec 2008, 26 (4) 357-364; DOI: 10.3368/er.26.4.357

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Stephen L. Young, Victor P. Claassen
Ecological Restoration Dec 2008, 26 (4) 357-364; DOI: 10.3368/er.26.4.357
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