Management Impacts on Non-Native Smooth Brome (Bromus inermis Leyss.) Control in a Native Fescue Grassland in Canada
Debra J. Brown,
Amalesh Dhar,
M. Anne Naeth
Abstract:Native fescue grassland degradation and reductions in plant species diversity due to smooth brome (Bromus inermis Leyss.) invasion and dominance have far ranging consequences for both human and ecological systems. A study was undertaken to reduce smooth brome which was invading foothills fescue grassland in Canada and displacing native species. Sheep and cattle grazing, mowing, glyphosate, and burning were applied to control smooth brome-dominant grasslands over three growing seasons. Defoliation (5 to 10 cm, … Show more
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