Issue Date
1988-05-01Keywords
Serenoa repenscultivators
manual weed control
rollers
grassland improvement
deep tillage
Quercus
Florida
species
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Tanner, G. W., Wood, J. M., Kalmbacher, R. S., & Martin, F. G. (1988). Mechanical shrub control on flatwoods range in south Florida. Journal of Range Management, 41(3), 245-248.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3899177Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
Relative plant abundance, canopy cover, and aerial biomass of shrubs on a poor condition, flatwoods range in south Florida were measured before, 1, and 3 yr after a single pass of a roller chopper or web plow when soils were dry (May 1981) and when soils were saturated (September 1981). Aerial biomass of herbaceous species was measured at the post-treatment sample dates. Abundance of saw-palmetto (Serenoa repens (Bartr.) Small) plants, the dominant shrub, was reduced 70% by web plowing compared to 25% by roller chopping. Reduction of saw-palmetto canopy cover and aerial biomass also were greater on web-plowed than on roller-chopped plots. Runner oak (Quercus minima (Sarg.) Small) was the only other shrub which had more than 5% canopy cover before treatment. Both types of mechanical treatments controlled runner oak by approximately 50%. However, responses of runner oak abundance, canopy cover, and aerial biomass were not significantly different between roller chop and web plow treatments.Type
textArticle
Language
enISSN
0022-409Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.2307/3899177