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GREATjM <br />RIVERlRIPW <br />GREENING <br />the stem. The small, tubular, lavender flowers are generally hairy or fuzzy and bloom from June through <br />August. The seeds have spiny burs that catch in clothing or animal fur. <br />Mechanical <br />Digging or hand -pulling motherwort can effectively control the plant if all of the root is removed. <br />Continuous mowing or whipping can reduce the vigor of the plant over time and reduce seed <br />production. <br />Chemical <br />Applying glyphosate or triclopyr prior to seed production can effectively control motherwort. Follow-up <br />applications are required for plants that germinate from the seed bank. <br />Long-term Management <br />Planting and seeding native species to provide competition will help suppress and eliminate <br />motherwort. <br />Motherwort <br />April <br />May June July <br />Aug <br />Sept <br />Oct <br />Nov <br />Dec - <br />Mar <br />Burn <br />Foliar Herbicide <br />Mow <br />Flowering <br />Birds -foot Trefoil (Lotus comiculatus) <br />Description <br />Birds -foot trefoil is a low -growing perennial, native to Eurasia and North Africa. It was introduced into <br />the United States for erosion control and livestock forage and is still sold commercially. Birds -foot trefoil <br />is a member of the Legume Family. Its compound clover -like leaves are alternate with three oval leaflets <br />and a pair of stipules. Bundles of yellow, pea -like flowers develop from May to August. Brown cylindrical <br />seed pods develop after flowering in clusters that resemble a bird's foot. Birds -foot trefoil produces a <br />long taproot that may extend over three feet. It also has rhizomes that form secondary roots. Stolons, or <br />modified above -ground stems, allow it to form dense mats. The plant reproduces by seeds and spreads <br />laterally by stolons and rhizomes. Birds -foot trefoil tolerates a wide range of soil conditions and is found <br />along roadsides, in fields, prairies, wildlife openings, and other open disturbed areas. Burning increases <br />seed germination allowing the plant to spread rapidly in areas where it is established. <br />Mechanical <br />Mowing is not an optimal treatment for birds -foot trefoil, which responds quickly to being mowed and <br />will regrow within a couple of weeks. Continuous monitoring and mowing would be required to prevent <br />it from going to seed. Continuously mowing birds -foot trefoil at a 2" height periodically throughout the <br />year for several years may eventually kill the plant. However, doing so will obviously also harm native <br />plants in the mowed area. Birds -foot trefoil is plastic in its growth form and in some settings adapts to <br />frequent mowing by growing as a low -profile ground -hugging plant, thereby avoiding the mower blades. <br />
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