Conservation and Management: Invasive Plant Species
The Spring Island Trust needs your help!
Please help locate and
kill invasive plants in your yard and beyond. An invasive species
is one that is not native to this area. Invasive species out-compete
native species.
Dedicated volunteers like the tallow tree task force
have helped keep invaders in check. However, we need everyone's help.
Listed below are some of the invaders on Spring Island right now.
You do not need to ask permission to get rid of these in your yard
or anywhere else.
How to kill them:
For plants up to a few inches in diameter, cut
(or break) the stems with loppers, chainsaw, or axe. Next, spray
the stem with a brush-killing herbicide such as Roundup (Glyphosate).
Other good herbicides include the active ingredients Imazapyr or Triclopyr.
(You'll have to read the side of the herbicide bottle). Generic versions
can be bought at Lowes or Home Depot.
For small plants you can just
spray the leaves directly during the growing season.
For tree-sized
invaders, you can either cut it down or use the hack and squirt
method. For the hack and squirt method, take an axe or hatchet and
cut around the truk. Then spray the herbicide into the cuts.
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