Observation: Leafy spurge control in western prairie fringed orchid habitat

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 466-473

  Kirby, Donald R ^a   Lym, Rodney G ^a   Sterling, John J ^a   Sieg, Carolyn Hull ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbicides; Invasive species; Range improvement; Soil seedbank

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HERBICIDE; PRAIRIE; RANGELAND; WEED CONTROL;

UNITED STATES;

EUPHORBIA ESULA; EUPHORBIACEAE; ORCHIDACEAE; PLATANTHERA PRAECLARA;

EID: 0141989757     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003838     Document Type: Article

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