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Can prescribed fire be used to control Yellow Sweetclover (Meliotus officinalis) in a cool-season mixed-grass prairie?

Data Series 515
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ds515

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Abstract

This report summarizes the results of a study on the effects of early- versus late-season fire on yellow sweetclover. The study was motivated by a desire to develop realistic management methods for yellow sweetclover at Badlands National Park. Limitations imposed by an inability to apply fire treatments at the times required made it impossible to test the hypothesis that late summer fires would be effective at reducing sweetclover. Nonetheless, I summarize data on yellow sweetclover stem counts, cover of plant species, and proportion of native and exotic cover with respect to the fire treatments in this report. In addition, I present results of a germination study, in which scarified sweetclover seeds were planted at 2-week intervals. The data summarized in the report, and included in the accompanying spreadsheet, may prove useful in future studies of effects of fire on prairie vegetation in general, and yellow sweetclover in particular.

Suggested Citation

Larson, D.L., 2010, Can prescribed fire be used to control Yellow Sweetclover (Meliotus officinalis) in a cool-season mixed-grass prairie?: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 515, iv, 12 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds515.

ISSN: 2327-638X (online)

ISSN: 2327-0271 (print)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Can prescribed fire be used to control Yellow Sweetclover (Meliotus officinalis) in a cool-season mixed-grass prairie?
Series title Data Series
Series number 515
DOI 10.3133/ds515
Year Published 2010
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s) Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Description iv, 12 p.
Online Only (Y/N) N
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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