Workzone F4.4 Report
Updated 12/14/2023

Summary

This small workzone is so named after the two river birch trees that can be found here. The area is a thicket of elm, buckthorn and dogwood.

Brush Control

0

Teasel Control

0

Weed Control

0

Brush Piles

0

New Species

0

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Current Objectives
Objective Season Hrs Total
Resprout Control
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 2:30 20:45
2023-11-18 With bush is removed from area, returned to cut honeysuckle resprouts and a few missed buckthorn.
Move brush out of workzone
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 16:00 18:15
2023-09-23 Students moved most of the brush into the field. A few cut buckthorn remaining.
Broadcast harvested seed
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 0:15 2:15
2023-09-24 Moved some of the Joe pye and grasses to bare ground. Included wingstem and white avens, woodland knotweed from F2
Survey Vegetation
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 - -
Brush Cleanup / Form Piles
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 2:00 2:00
2023-01-15 Continued work of cutting up the buckthorn felled back in Nov. Clean up will help see what work remains to be done.
Previous Objectives
Objective Season Hrs Total
2022
Cut the rest of the Buckthorn
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 24:15 54:15
2023-01-28 Short workday. Finally cut the last of he buckthorn and honeysuckle in workzone. Still lot of brush to burn.
Cut the rest of the Buckthorn
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 24:15 54:15
2022-11-26 Moving cut brush to form burn pile in adjacent field
Cut the rest of the Buckthorn
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 24:15 54:15
2022-11-19 Using the chainsaw to take down the dense buckthorn thicket. Focus this to fell and treat as much as possible, and follow-up later in the season.
Cut the rest of the Buckthorn
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 24:15 54:15
2022-11-12 Cutting buckthorn /honeysuckle and leaving brush in field. Brush will be burned in winter.
2021
Clear brush around the river birch
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 9:00 29:45
2021-10-10 Returned to F4.4 to move most of the cut brush to a brush pile.
Clear brush around the river birch
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 9:00 29:45
2021-10-09 Clearing buckthorn around the base of pin oak and river birch in workzone F4.4. Little ground cover, so collected white snakeroot, Joe Pye weed and bottlebrush grass to scatter once all cut brush is all removed.
2020
Plant Shrubs
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 0:30 20:45
2019
Cut up buckthorn thicket up to the pine trees
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 15:30 20:30
2019-10-05 Spread more seed in area cleared of buckthorn: Joe Pye weed, white snakeroot, Helianthus, Virginia knotweed. Moving cut brush into piles.
Cut up buckthorn thicket up to the pine trees
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 15:30 20:30
2019-09-09 Started clearing the honeysuckle along the at the trail that passes through the "goldenrod fields" (workzone F4.4)
Replenish seedbank in the river birch thicket
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 0:00 4:45
Plant nannyberry where buckthorn was cut
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 0:45 4:45
2018
Initial Floral Survey
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 0:15 4:15
Cut brush from the river birch thicket
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 4:00 4:00
Native Flora

Elymus hystrix

Bottlebrush Grass

Cornus obliqua

Silky Dogwood

Cornus racemosa

Gray Dogwood

Viburnum lentago

Nannyberry

Betula nigra

River Birch

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Green Ash

Juniperus virginiana

Eastern Red Cedar

Pinus strobus

Eastern White Pine

Prunus serotina

Wild Black Cherry

Quercus macrocarpa

Bur Oak

Quercus palustris

Pin Oak

Ulmus americana

American Elm

Toxicodendron radicans

Poison Ivy

Vitis riparia

Riverbank Grape

Ageratina altissima

White Snakeroot

Agrimonia gryposepala

Tall Agrimony

Allium canadense

Wild Garlic

Allium tricoccum

Wild Leek

Erythronium albidum

White Trout Lily

Eutrochium purpureum

Sweet Joe-pye Weed

Fragaria virginiana

Wild Strawberry

Geum canadense

White Avens

Hackelia virginiana

Stickseed

Maianthemum racemosum

False Solomon's Seal

Verbesina alternifolia

Wingstem

Adventive/Introduced Flora

Lonicera maackii

Amur Honeysuckle

Rhamnus cathartica

Common Buckthorn

Catalpa speciosa

Northern Catalpa

Morus alba

White Mulberry

Arctium minus

Common Burdock

Dipsacus laciniatus

Cut-leaved Teasel

Galium mollugo

Hedge Bedstraw

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