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Tucson Arundo: Background |
Presentations
- Tucson Arundo Removal SCVN Presentation 10/23/08 (4.2 Mb PDF)
- This talk provides a comprehensive background on what Arundo is, where
it came from and how and why we are
working to remove it from Sabino Canyon, Tucson, Arizona. - Tucson Arundo Removal PAG-EPAC Presentation 1/9/09 (4.2 Mb PDF)
- Tucson Arundo Removal Arizona Riparian Council Presentation 4/16/09 (4.2 Mb PDF)
- Tucson Arundo Removal Rincon Rotary Presentation 10/8/09 (5.8 Mb PDF)
Data and Reports related to this effort
- Sabino Canyon pilot Arundo removal project - Jan.2007-Mar.2008
Closely related reports and brochures
- Team Arundo: Controlling Arundo in your watershed- a guide for organizations
- Team Arundo: Arundo - Streamside Invader- Great brochure!
- SWW: Giant Reed - Arundo- Invasive Weed Fact Sheet
Other groups involved in Arundo removal
- Lower Rio Grande: ARS Weslaco and TAMU
- S. California: Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
- S. California: Santa Margarita & San Luis Rey Weed Management Area
- N. California: Team Arundo del Norte
- N. California: Sacramento Weed Warriors
- N. Mexico: Cuatro Cienegas
Related Literature
Invasive plants and animals
- USFS: National strategy and Implementation plan for invasive species management
- USFS: Arundo donax - USFS plant database
- AZ: Arizona's invasive species management plan
- AZ: Invasive non-native plants that threaten wildlands in Arizona
- ASDM: Invaders of the Sonoran Desert project
Chemical Control
- USFS: Glyphosate - Human health and Ecological risk assessment 2003, 281 pp
- EPA: Control of giant cane in riparian wetland areas of CA 2000
- CA IPC: Arundo Hook for herbacide treatment of small Arundo stands - Plans and description
- CA Forestry: Various herbicides considered for use
- CA Agriculture: Use of clopyralid (Transline) on yellow starthistle (related lit)
Biological Control
Mechanical Control
- Flail mowing PestMaster