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A Handbook for Forest Vegetation Management in Recreation and Historic Parks

Authors: Amy C. Helms, former Graduate Research Assistant and James E. Johnson, Extension Forester, College of Forestry and Wildlife Resources

Publication Number 420-143, October 1996


Table 4. Forestry herbicides for stump spray treatments and species controlled.

Labels change yearly. It is the user's responsibility to obtain and consult the most recent herbicide labels. (Source Miller and Mitchell 1990).

Herbicide
Trade Name
Active
Ingredient
Manufacturer Species
Controlled
Banvel CST Dicamba Sandoz Crop
Protection Corp.
Tree-of-heaven, cedar, cherry, dogwood, elm, black gum, hawthorne, hickory, hornbeam, maple, oak, persimmon, sassafras, serviceberry
Garlon 3A Triclopyramine DowElanco Beech, black gum, New Jersey tea, cherry, chinquapin, choke cherry, hawthorne, dogwood, elm, hornbeam, locust, maples, mulberry, oaks, persimmon, pine, poison oak, sassafras, sweetbay magnolia, sweetgum, sycamore, yellow-poplar
Tordon
101R/Tordon
RTU
Picloram DowElanco Tree-of-heaven, cedar, cherry, dogwood, elm, black gum, hawthorne, hickory, hornbeam, maples, oaks, persimmon, serviceberry, sweetbay magnolia
Tordon
101 Mixture
Picloram DowElanco Tree-of-heaven, New Jersey tea, cherry, elm, black gum, locust, maple, oak, persimmon, pine, sassafras, yellow-poplar

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