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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Goals <br />● Reduce invasive plant species to <5% of the total population within 5 years. This includes <br />the following species: <br />○ common buckthorn (trees - noxious weed) <br />○ white mulberry (tree) <br />○ white poplar (tree) <br />○ garlic mustard (noxious weed) <br />○ poison ivy (noxious weed) <br />○ lamium <br />○ vinca <br />○ creeping Charlie <br />○ creeping bellflower <br />○ celandine <br />○ dame’s rocket <br />○ motherwort <br />○ burdock <br />● Increase native plant diversity (to at least 20 species), with a focus on keystone species (at <br />least 10 species) by 2028. <br />● Support pollinators by having something blooming at least 90% of the growing season by <br />2028. <br /> <br /> <br />Site Prep <br />1. Buckthorn: I’ve started to remove mature buckthorn using the high-cut method, which <br />kills buckthorn slowly over the course of about a year by repeatedly stripping off new <br />growth. There is a lot more than I had originally thought; I might be able to finish cutting <br />it all this summer/fall. I intend to remove the smaller buckthorn by digging. <br />2. Creeping bellflower & Poison ivy: Herbicide is best for killing these rhizomatous species, <br />so help from Public Works would be required. <br />3. Vinca & Lamium: These could be dug by hand. <br />4. Other: I think the best solution for managing the young burdock and the existing seed bank <br />in the sunnier areas while removing the buckthorn/lamium/creeping Charlie from the <br />property edge would be to smother it with cardboard and cover it with a thin layer of mulch. <br />If done soon, the area could theoretically be planted in late September. <br /> The alternative would be for Public Works to spray it all, but the weeds would likely <br />germinate again. <br />