Fire is one management tool that can be used to control the dominance of sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata). Data from Kansas and Oklahoma suggests growing-season fire can be more detrimental to sericea than dormant-season fire. Prescribed fire can …
Can prescribed fire be used to manage Japangrass/stiltgrass/Japanese stiltgrass?
Japangrass (Microstegium vimineum) is a nonnative, invasive annual grass that is capable of overtaking forest understories in eastern U.S. forests. Fire is one tool that can be used to manage Japangrass. Fire prescriptions to control Japangrass include burning …
Using Prescribed Fire to Control Invasive Plant Species
Prescribed burning is a vital part of successful land management in grassland and shrubland landscapes. Restoring fire often results in increased vegetation productivity and diversity of species (both plants and wildlife). There is great interest in using prescribed burning to …
Individual Cedar Control with Fire
Prescribed fire is the most economical method to control ash juniper and eastern redcedar in the Great Plains. But many times these trees are too large by the time land managers use fire to control them. In this case, the …