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SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES FOR BUCKTHORN <br /> Year 1 <br /> Removal and Chemical Application: Flag buckthorn(if necessary). Cut buckthom <br /> throughout the buffer areas. Treat stumps with chosen herbicide and carresponding <br /> methodology specific to the herbicide. <br /> Planting (Optional): Augment with native shrubs (3-4 different species, 2 to 3 per <br /> cluster or dispersed}, trees, and herbaceous plants. Add mulch amtmd each newly <br /> installed plant — about 1 foot radius. Protect young shrubs from bzowsing deer, rabbits, <br /> etc. using protective structlu�es. Planting should occur in late spring or early summer to <br /> ensure successful establishment. On soine sites, planting may not be requ,ired. Instead, <br /> wait 2-3 years to watch for natives to return from dormant roots or seed. <br /> Year 2 <br /> Monitor new plantings and maintain protective stiuctures. Chack area for <br /> buckthorn infestations as well as other invasive species such as tartarian honeysuckle <br /> (Lonicera tartarica) and bu.rdock (Arctium minus). Spot treat invasive vegetatian that <br /> emerges with recommended herbicide described in the procedure for Year 1. <br /> Year 3 <br /> Verify that the area is still dominated or becomin.g dominated by native species. <br /> Repeat procedure descnbed for Year 2 for eradicating invasive vegetation. If native <br /> species have not become established and a plauting did not take place in Year One, then <br /> Year T'hree is when a seeding/planting should take place. See attachments for <br /> appropriate seed mixes and seed rates. <br /> CONTRUL UF EXISTING REED CANARY GRASS <br /> Reed canary grass is present in varying degrees within wetland areas 1, 3, 4 and 6. Reed <br /> canary grass forms dense and highly productive monocultures in a way similar to broad <br /> leaf cattail and purple loostrife. By producing these large monoculture areas, the <br /> biological diversity is thez� essentially homogenizing to that of one habitat stracture. <br /> Reed canary grass grows from seeci, stem fragments, and rhizonnes. Within one growing <br /> season, the rhizomes in the soil produce a dense mass which will out campete the native <br /> plants already rooted in the soil. Reed ea,nary grass is a facultative wetland species <br /> meaning that it can grow under a variety of hydrologic conditions. The grass tends ta be <br /> found in moist or wet soils and can tolerate water conditians ranging &om high water <br /> levels to drought like conditior�. <br /> Reed canary grass is a persistent and tenacious Eurasian plant species that has been <br /> planted throughout the U.S since the 1800's. At the time, the grass was l�own for its <br /> large forage yields and erosion control abifities but as time went on other characteristics <br /> of the p�ant were recognized. Some of those characteristics include its prolific sead <br /> dispersal, robust vegetative growth,, and dense network of underground rhi7,omes with <br /> thousands of dormant buds (Wisconsin Read Cauary Grass Management Working Group, <br /> 2009). Similar to buckthorn, the seed bank can last for up to 6 years meani.ng that follow <br /> Svoboda Ecological Resources 9 1700 Shorcline Drive <br /> Prajcct I�o.:2015-004 Irwin Jacobs <br />