G1.4.3 Workzone report

Workzone G1.4.3 Report
Updated 12/14/2023

Summary

This field south of the hill contain several prairie grasses, which is something of a novelty at Oakhurst. However, without action, the grasses are at risk from being overrun by a combination of teasel, reed canary grass, and woody brush. By keeping these plants are bay, we feel this as good as a spot as any to introduce various prairie forbs, and thus serve as a seed source for future restoration efforts. Its small size will make it easy to manage, and limited thatch increase probability of seed germinating and plants becoming established.

Brush Control

Teasel Control

Weed Control

Brush Piles

New Species

Map

Current Objectives

Objective	Season	Hrs	Total
Boradcast Harvest Seed	J F M A M J J A S O N D	-	-

Resprout Control	J F M A M J J A S O N D	2:00	12:45
2023-11-04 Clearing small resprouts under boxelders and pin oak - buckthorn, honeysuckle, callery pear.
Broadcast seed under trees along trail	J F M A M J J A S O N D	0:15	10:45
2023-09-24 Broadcast Joe pye and Elymus grass seed amongst the white snakeroot
Cut and Bag Teasel Flowerheads	J F M A M J J A S O N D	0:15	10:30

Floral Survey	J F M A M J J A S O N D	-	-

Herbicide Teasel Rosettes	J F M A M J J A S O N D	0:30	10:15
2023-09-10 Spot treated teasel rosettes in the prairie
Resprout Control	J F M A M J J A S O N D	3:00	9:45
2023-02-26 Cut and treated honeysuckle resprouts underneath the boxelders, and callery pear in the prairie.
Burn Brush Piles x2	J F M A M J J A S O N D	6:30	6:45
2023-02-04 All three piles burnt. Any remaining brush/respouts to be taken to unburnt pile in adjacent workzone.
Remove callery pears long the trail	J F M A M J J A S O N D	0:15	6:45
2023-01-22 Used the chainsaw to remove the half dozen callery pears along trail near the community garden. These appear to be a seed source for adjacent prairie.

Previous Objectives

Objective	Season	Hrs	Total
2022
Cut Reprouts	J F M A M J J A S O N D	5:30	49:30

Cut and Bag Teasel Flowerheads	J F M A M J J A S O N D	1:30	43:45
2022-08-24 Not enough time to bag all flowerheads, so cut stems dumped in degraded area.
Cut callery pear	J F M A M J J A S O N D	1:00	42:15

2021
Cut and Bag Teasel Flowerheads	J F M A M J J A S O N D	7:00	41:15

2020
Broadcast prairie seed mix	J F M A M J J A S O N D	0:45	34:15
2020-01-04 Spread prairie seed from Natural Resources. Gathered and moved remaining brush to brush pile location.
Cut and Pile Teasel	J F M A M J J A S O N D	9:30	33:30

Plant Shrubs	J F M A M J J A S O N D	0:30	24:00

2019
Cut and Pile Teasel	J F M A M J J A S O N D	5:30	23:30
2019-08-31 Also removing ash, walnut, catalpa, siberian elm, and mulberry
Herbicide Teasel rosettes	J F M A M J J A S O N D	1:15	18:00
2019-10-20 Mostly moving cut brush into brush piles, and cut the large stumps to the ground. Some cleanup work to complete in Nov. Sprayed some dense patches of teasel.
Remove old teasel stalks	J F M A M J J A S O N D	1:00	18:00

Cut all brush in the prairie field	J F M A M J J A S O N D	15:45	15:45
2019-10-13 Cleared brush under cottonwoods.
Cut all brush in the prairie field	J F M A M J J A S O N D	15:45	15:45
2019-09-15 Broadcast seed into workzone F4.4. This included Joe Pye weed, bottlebrush grass, False Solomon's seal, & tickseed.
Cut all brush in the prairie field	J F M A M J J A S O N D	15:45	15:45
2019-09-01 Continued cutting brush adjacent to "bluestem field" near the lake. This comprises of around 20 large honeysuckle shrubs. Spread dark green bulrush seed in bare areas. Collected starry false solomon's seal.
Cut all brush in the prairie field	J F M A M J J A S O N D	15:45	15:45
2019-05-05 Teasel prep of new areas involves taking down old stalks, some rosette spraying, and any brush removal to improve accessibility.

Native Flora

Adventive/Introduced Flora

Photo Gallery

Workzone G1.4.3 ReportUpdated 12/14/2023

Workzone G1.4.3 Report
Updated 12/14/2023