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CISMA Call Agenda • Introductions- Sherry

Williams

• Heartland- Tabitha Biehl

• CF CISMA- Sherry Williams

• Six Rivers CISMA- Brooke Saari

• Chinese Tallow Control- Michael Meisenburg

Heartland CISMA

Presenter: Tabitha Biehl

Heartland CISMA update 3/27/13 DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands and Polk Counties Keeli Carlton-Carmichael & Cheryl Millett, co-chairs

What we did since last August

We love workshops!

• Tree ID workshop for 25 participants 11/6

• Invasive prioritization

workshop for 20 participants 11/13

• 4th annual Central Florida

Invasive Species Workshop for >60 participants 2/27/13

Ridge Rangers & National Public Lands Day

• 2012, around 200 volunteers provided an estimated value of $19,220

• Invasive themed event • 6 conservation lands along

Lake Wales Ridge

GSARP* invasive traveling trunk

http://www.gsarp.org/default.php?p=trunk.php#:content@1:links@2

*Gulf & South Atlantic

Regional Panel On Aquatic

Invasive Species

Python Patrol

• Trained responders in our area • Trained Eyes & Ears

(detectors/reporters) • Shared the bumper sticker

Coming up and what we want your help with

• Updating EDRR plant list • How to develop EDRR animal list-

email cmillett@tnc.org

Six Rivers CISMA Update

Presenter: Brooke Saari

Central Florida CISMA Update

Presenter: Sherry Williams

Central Florida CISMA Update 1. Received grant from FLEPPC last year to develop display

Central Florida CISMA Update • 3rd Grasses

Workshop- Oct 10, 2012

• 4th annual Air Potato Mega-Raid

Central Florida CISMA Update

• During NISAW: • a. gave invasive plant and

animal presentations at Seminole County libraries

• b. held joint meeting with East Central Florida CISMA-3-7-13

Central Florida CISMA Update

Events: a. Native Plant Awareness Day in Seminole County b. Orlando Wetlands Festival

Central Florida CISMA Update

Upcoming: 2nd Aquatics Workshop Earth Day event in Casselberry

Central Florida CISMA Update

Chinese Tallow Control

Presenter: Michael Meisenburg

Chinese tallowtree control , or not

Michael Meisenburg, Kestrel Ecological Services

Chinese tallowtree •fall can be a good time to evaluate infestation due to foliage color

Chinese tallowtree •bark looks most like red maple •terminal branches are unique

Chinese tallowtree •produces large seeds •good bird food (lipids, protein) •however, these are not always the primary issue

Chinese tallowtree •small trees can easily be controlled with Garlon 4/basal oil, hand-pulling •large trees can be another matter

Chinese tallowtree •cut/treated trees root sprout extensively •stump re-sprouts as well

Chinese tallowtree •can be a pasture weed •this is also how root sprouts can look, albeit with fewer branches

Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests by James Miller (2003) USDA, Forest Service Large trees. Make stem injections using Arsenal AC*, Garlon 3A, or Pathfinder II in dilutions and cut spacings specified on the herbicide label (anytime except March and April). For felled trees, apply the herbicides to stem and stump tops immediately after cutting (at least a 10-percent solution for Garlon 3A). Ortho Brush-B-Gone (triclopyr) and Enforcer Brush Killer (triclopyr) are effective for treating cut stumps and readily available to homeowners in retail garden stores. For treatment of extensive infestations in forest situations, apply Velpar L* to the soil surface within 3 feet of the stem (one squirt of spot gun per 1-inch stem diameter) or in a grid pattern at spacings specified on the herbicide label.

Kestrel Ecological Services Treatments by myself and Erick Smith •Originally basal-barked trees with Garlon 4/basal oil •Machete-girdled trunk and used same mix •Chainsaw-girdled trunk and used same mix •Chainsaw-girdled trunk and used 100% Garlon 3A •Hack-n-squirted with Clearcast •Felled tree and sprayed trunk 3x’s with 100% Garlon 3A •Drill and injected 100% Garlon 3A •Drill and injected with 100% Habitat

Erick’s stump treatment, 8 MAT

Habitat label (imazapyr) Cut stem (injection, hack & squirt) treatments: • Concentrate Solutions- Using standard injection equipment, apply 1 milliliter of solution at each injection site. Make at least one injection cut for every 3 inches of Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) on the target tree. For example, a 3-inch DBH tree will receive 1 injection cut and a 6-inch DBH tree will receive 2 injection cuts. On trees requiring more than one injection site place the injection cuts at approximately equal intervals around the tree

Garlon 3A label (triclopyr) With Tree Injector Method Apply by injecting 1/2 milliliter of undiluted Garlon 3A or 1 milliliter of the diluted solution through the bark at intervals of 3 to 4 inches between centers of the injector wound. The injections should completely surround the tree at any convenient height. Note: No Worker Protection Standard worker entry restrictions or worker notification requirements apply when this product is injected directly into plants

Injection holes, 9 MAT

Injection holes, 9 MAT

Injection holes, 9 MAT

New herbicide product DuPont’s Aminocyclopyrachlor

•supposed to be very active on tallowtree •unfortunately, foliar and treatments •herbicides: Streamline, Method, Viewpoint, Perspective

Images courtesy of the University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

FLEPPC/SE-EPPC Symposium May 21-23

CISMA Workshop: All about the $$$$

Next CISMA Call

April 24, 2013 Agenda: Updates: • Suncoast CISMA • Florida Keys ITF • FCIWG • FNAI assigns individuals to each CISMA

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