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Assessing revegetation potential is a critical first step before species such as cottonwood(Populus delroides),Goodings
<br /> proceeding with saltcedar control.Costs for saltcellar willow(Salix gooddingii),and coyote willow(S.exigua)
<br /> control and revegetation are expensive,and careful have a rapid growth potential under conditions of low
<br /> selection of areas with a high potential for re-establishment environmental stress and are good candidate species for
<br /> is necessary to provide sustainable saltcedar control in the plantings.
<br /> long term.In some situations,a treated area will recover
<br /> naturally after aerial spraying without revegetation.In other
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<br /> situations,artificial plantings or seeding may be necessary.
<br /> Sites that have dense saltcedar stands,poor hydrologic BASF.2006.A better approach to controlling saltcellar.
<br /> integrity,elevated salinity,or related conditions may have URL http://www.vmanswers.conVlib/PDFY2645014—
<br /> limited revegetation potential.A soil survey may be used saltcedar_ss.pdf
<br /> to determine the soil texture,ground water depth,salinity
<br /> levels,and other related factors that ultimately influence Carruthers,R.I.,C.J.DeLoach,J.C.Herr,G.L.Anderson
<br /> replacement of the vegetation community. and A.E.Knutson.2008.Saltcedar areawide pest
<br /> management in the western United States,pp.252-
<br /> The literature provides many examples of integrated 279,Chapter 15.In:O.Koul,G.Cuperus and N.
<br /> saltcellar management and restoration programs.The Elliott(eds.),Areawide Pest Management: Theory and
<br /> herbicide-burn-mechanical control program,for example, Implementation.CAB Intern.,Wallingford,U.K.
<br /> has emerged as a practical strategy for controlling saltcedar
<br /> in large,monotypic tracts on valley bottoms and flood Duncan,K.and K.McDaniel.2009.Chemical weed and
<br /> plains.The initial intervention step is to apply herbicide brush control for New Mexico rangelands.Coop.
<br /> aerially which typically provides 70 to 90 percent saltcedar Exten.Serv.Circular 579.New Mexico State Univ.
<br /> mortality.After 2 years,prescribed burning is used to
<br /> Las Cruces,NM.
<br /> remove dead aerial trunks and stems.When prescribed FISRWG. 1998.Stream corridor restoration: principles,
<br /> burning cannot be done,then mechanical treatments such processes,and practices.By the Federal Interagency
<br /> as chaining,cabling,bulldozing,or roller chopping may
<br /> Stream Restoration Working Group(FISRWG).
<br /> be used to drop standing dead debris.Surviving saltcedar
<br /> URL http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/stream—
<br /> plants can be removed in the fourth or fifth year after
<br /> restoration/.Accessed 8-11-09.
<br /> spraying with an excavator,grubber,or root plow and
<br /> raking.In some instances,IPT foliage spraying may be used McDaniel,K.C.2008.Saltcedar information In Weed
<br /> to control saltcedar re-sprouting. Information,New Mexico State Univ.Web site.URL
<br /> <http://agesvri.nmsu.edu/saltcedar/Index.htm>.
<br /> Once saltcedar has been removed,aggressive revegetation Accessed 2-2-09.
<br /> is often required.Managers should be cognizant of
<br /> subsequent restoration processes and/or revegetation Shafroth,P.B.,J.R.Cleverly,T.L.Dudley,J.R Taylor,
<br /> requirements when selecting a control strategy.Without C.V.Ripper III,E.P.Weeks,and J.N.Stuart.2005.
<br /> special planning and care,treated areas may be rapidly Control of Tamarix in the western United States:
<br /> re-invaded by saltcedar or other invasive species.In such implications for water salvage,wildlife use,and
<br /> instances,sustainable control over the long term is best riparian restoration.Environ.Manage.35(5):1-16.
<br /> accomplished by planting competitive native plants that
<br /> have a high exclusionary ability.Native riparian woody
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