Table 4.

Post-treatment dominant herbaceous species over all four blocks by treatment for Ailanthus control plots on Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.

TreatmentOverall three most dominant speciesAverage % coverz
Garlon 4 20% in HY-Grade ECImpatiens capensis (jewelweed)60
Mixed grassesy30
Eupatorium spp. (Joe Pye weed)20
Garlon 4 20% + 1% Stalker inMixed grasses40
Hy-Grade ECAristolochia durior (Dutchman’s pipe)30
 Impatiens capensis (jewelweed)25
Garlon 4 15% + 3% Stalker inArctium minus (burdock)40
Hy-Grade ECImpatiens capensis (jewelweed)31
 Aristolochia durior (Dutchman’s pipe)20
Garlon 4 20% + 3% Stalker inMixed grasses40
HY-Grade ECImpatiens capensis (jewelweed)30
 Eupatorium spp. (Joe Pye weed)30
Garlon 4 20% + 5% Tordon K in HY-Grade ECMixed grasses40
Impatiens capensis (jewelweed)30
Eupatorium spp. (Joe Pye weed)30
Garlon 4 20% + 5% Tordon K in CWC basal nix RTUMixed grasses40
Aristolochia durior (Dutchman’s pipe)40
Eupatorium spp. (Joe Pye weed)30
Garlon 4 20% + 5% Tordon K in Exacto RTUEupatorium spp. (Joe Pye Weed)50
Impatiens capensis (jewelweed)40
Mixed grasses30
Garlon 4 20% + 5% Tordon K in Arborchem RTUMixed grasses50
Impatiens capensis (jewelweed)40
Sanguinara canadensis (bloodroot)30
Stalker 9% in Hy-Grade ECImpatiens capensis (jewelweed)37
Verbascum thapsus (mullein)30
Arctium minus (burdock)30
Manual cutting 3 in. above groundImpatiens capensis (jewelweed)30
Eupatorium spp. (Joe Pye weed)10
Aristolochia durior (Dutchman’s pipe)5
  • zAverage cover may be greater than 100% because coverage was averaged over four blocks by species.

  • yMixed grasses consisted of Danthonia, Poa, Agrostis, Dactylis, Festuca, and Panicum spp.