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Davey Resource Group
September 2015
SUCCESSIONAL WOODLANDS
The forested habitats are dominated by early
successional species common to the Cuyahoga
Valley. Canopy species include Acer negundo
(box elder), Acer saccharinum (silver maple),
and Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood).
The understory vegetation consists of native
species such as Impatiens capensis (jewelweed),
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper),
and Viola spp. (violets), as well as non-native
species such as Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard)
and Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket). While
the forested areas are as important as the open
areas and trails, they require less immediate
attention than the other habitat areas. The
long-term management goals for these areas
will be incorporated into the management
plan following significant improvements in
other high-impact wildlife and visitor areas.
In the interim, this area will be maintained
using volunteer groups to manage the existing
invasive vegetation populations and prevent
further spread of these species.
FIGURE 6
The forested areas contain
populations of Alliaria petiolata
(garlic mustard) as well as other
non-native vegetation.
MAINTENANCE
PLAN
REDUCE OR MAINTAIN GARLIC MUSTARD AND OTHER NON-NATIVE
VEGETATION POPULATIONS IN THE WOODLANDS THROUGH PULL EVENTS
WITH VOLUNTEER GROUPS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
With different management goals for each of these
separate habitat areas, individual management
recommendations have been developed to
best achieve these goals and create the highest
quality habitats. These recommendations have
been outlined for each habitat type, along with
general guidelines to herbicide applications.
Areas with greater than 65% invasive cover
should be treated with high-volume herbicide
applications. This approach is non-selective
and will create large areas with little vegetative
growth; these areas will, therefore, need to be
replanted and/or reseeded following treatments
to encourage native growth.
Areas with less than 65% but greater than
35% invasive cover should be treated using
backpack sprayers and a more selective
application process. Some native, desirable
vegetation will be lost in the areas immediately
surrounding non-native vegetation populations.
These areas will need to be replanted and/or
reseeded as well.
Areas with less than 35% invasive cover should
be treated using highly targeted herbicide
application methods, such as hand-wicking. This
is a very time-intensive process, but areas treated
in this manner will lose very little native cover and
will require only minor overseeding or planting to
discourage further growth of invasive vegetation.
The recommendations for each habitat type are
provide in the following sections.
MANAGEMENT
SUMMARY
