Understanding the Science Behind Riparian Forest Buffers: Planning, Establishment, and Maintenance

Author: Julia C. Klapproth, Faculty Assistant-Natural Resources, Maryland Cooperative Extension; James E. Johnson, Extension Forestry Specialist, College of Natural Resources, Virginia Tech

Publication Number 420-155, Posted October 2001

Table 4. Herbicides for invasive plant control.
Herbicide Trade Name Target Species
Clopyralid
Diacamba
Transline® Kudzu
Veteran CST® Trees (apply to cut stumps or inject)
Fosamine Krenite S® Multiflora rose; tree-of-heaven
Glyphosate Accord® Sod
Compadre® Multiflora rose
Rodeo® Kudzu
Roundup® Japanese bamboo Trees (poor control of maple, holly, hickory, and blackgum)
Imazapyr Arsenal® Turf grasses, trees
Chopper® (blackberry, locust, pine, hickory, dogwood, redbud, and elm are resistant)
Arsenal® + glyphosate Japanese bamboo
Chopper® + Phragmites
Accord® Locust and pine are resistant
Metsulfuron Escort® Kudzu Multiflora rose Blackberry
Escort® + Garlon 3A® Oriental bittersweet Porcelain berry Poison ivy Wild grape Blackberry Multiflora rose
Sulfometuron Oust® Turf grasses (poor control of broomsedge and wire grass)
Oust® + Turf grasses glyphosate
Triclopyr Pathfinder II® Wild grape
Garlon® Poison ivy Dicots and broadleaf plants (maple resistant)
From: Palone, R. S., and A. H. Todd (eds.). 1997. Chesapeake Bay riparian handbook: A guide for establishing and maintaining riparian forest buffers. USDA Forest Service NA-TP-02-97.

Virginia Department of Forestry. 1999. Herbicide Use Sheets -- Program Year 1999. http://www.dof.state.va.us/mgt/herbuse.htm. Virginia Department of Forestry, Charlottesville.

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