Techniques Used by the - Bayou Preservation · 2016. 3. 29. · Harris County Flood Control...
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Techniques Used by the
Bayou Preservation Association
In Parks and Wild Areas
Steve Hupp and Eric Ruckstuhl
Bayou Preservation Association
2013
These are usually plant and animal species that originated from other continents, and that are displacing native plants and animals.
The Houston area streams and habitats have been hard hit, and we are losing more and more native diversity and habitat quality.
Our coastal prairies and woodlands have been overrun with Chinese Tallow and others.
Chinese Privet and Ligustrum form allelopathic exclusion zones underneath, and they produce fruit that is poisonous to mammals.
We need to remove invasive, exotic problem species from as much of our public and private land as possible.
Trees, Shrubs, and Large Vines
1. Kill in Place Method for Medium to Large Shrubs and Trees: Eliminate the cutting down step from the process. Expose the cambium layer on the lower trunk and root buttress with a machete and treat with herbicide. (See Picture)
2. Very Small Plants: These can be carefully sprayed or hand pulled.
3. Aquatic, Invasive, Exotic Plants: Must be treated with an aquatic plant herbicide.
Aquaneat – Glyphosate based herbicide for aquatic use on Elephant Ears, Yellow Iris, and other invasive, exotic aquatic plants that are encountered in the aquatic zone. This will be mixed with Aqua King Aquatic Surfactant and Turf Mark Blue, Blue Dye. Relegate – Triclopyr based herbicide is the main ingredient for use on tree and shrub stumps, and root buttresses out of the aquatic zone. This will be mixed with a lesser amount of Roundup or Equivalent (Glyphosate), and then mixed with Drexel Surf Ac 80 Surfactant and Turf Mark Blue, Blue Dye. This can also be sprayed directly on foliage, under the right conditions. These herbicides are applied with a pump-up sprayer and they do not require an Herbicide Applicator’s License .
Chinaberry Tree – Melia azedarach
Chinese Tallow Tree – Triadica sebifera
Chinese Privet (shrub) – Ligustrum sinense
Elephant Ear – Colocasia esculenta
Golden Rain Tree - Koelreuteria paniculata
Japanese Honeysuckle Vine – Lonicera japonica
Nandina – Nandina domestica
Tree Ligustrum – Ligustrum lucidum
White Mulberry – Morus alba
Awty International School
Boy Scouts of America – Eagle Scout and Hornaday Projects
ExxonMobil
Friends of Woodland Park
Greens Bayou Corridor Coalition
Harris County Flood Control District
Harris County Precinct 3 Parks
Harris County Precinct 4 Parks
Harris County Sheriff’s Office – Clean and Green
Hermann Park Conservancy
Houston Parks and Recreation Department
Memorial Park Conservancy
Mr. Ridley Smith
Paradigm - Software Engineering Company
White Oak Bayou Association
Many Others
Bayou Preservation Association
Project Areas
Bayou Preservation Association
Assistance on Projects with Other Organizations
Cullinan Park at Oyster Creek (Oyster Creek) – HPARD
Thomas Bell Park (Greens Bayou) – Greens Bayou Corridor Coalition
Hermann Brown Park (Hunting Bayou) - HPARD
Hermann Park (Brays Bayou) – Hermann Park Conservancy, HPARD
Little Thicket Park (Little Thicket Bayou) – WOBA, HPARD
Memorial Park (Buffalo Bayou) – Memorial Park Conservancy, HPARD
Moody Park (Little White Oak Bayou) - HPARD
Robert Stuart Park (Sims Bayou) – HPARD
Woodland Park (Little White Oak Bayou) – Friends of Woodland Park, HPARD
Several Harris County Streams – Harris County Flood Control District
“Dirty Dozens” – www.bayoupreservation.org/
Doctor Larry Brown – email: [email protected]
Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center - www.wildflower.org/
Texas Invasives.org - www.texasinvasives.org/
USDA Plant Database – www. plants.usda.gov/
PARADIGM PROJECT – TERRY HERSHEY PARK (BUFFALO BAYOU) DECEMBER 2010
COLLINS PARK (CYPRESS CREEK) – PLANT BASH
MARCH 2012 - SEA SCOUTS TROOP 846
JEFFREY SANTIZO – TROOP 1919 – AUGUST 2012
TERRY HERSHEY PARK (BUFFALO BAYOU)
PIERCE PRIMM JR. – TROOP 846 – NOVEMBER 2012
TELGE PARK (CYPRESS CREEK)
BANE PARK – 10/30/2012 BANE PARK – 11/28/2012
TERRY HERSHEY PARK – 10/02/2012 TERRY HERSHEY PARK – 11/7/2012
CHANNELED APPLE SNAIL
Pomacea canaliculata
FIRE ANT
Solenopsis invicta
INVASIVE, EXOTIC GUIDE NATIVE PLANT GUIDE