[MAIPC] Honeysuckle Chipping

[frazmo]

Hi Alison, interesting question. Just looking at the following abstract and
its reference to "leachates" would cause me to be wary of the wood chips.
But I haven't dug any deeper. Do you have the luxury of being able to try a
few test plots? Perhaps remove the Lonicera debris from most of the area
but chip and leave in place in smaller test subset and monitor possible
effects? Cheers,   Steve Young, Arlington VA

Also one the authors is/was at Towson State and might have some advice...

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267282324_Amur_honeysuckle%27s_allelopathic_effects_on_native_plant_germination_are_context-dependent

On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 2:30 PM, Alison Pearce <Alison.Pearce at anshome.org>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Does anyone have information about whether it is advisable to leave wood
> chips in place when removing amur honeysuckle from a forest?  I am planning
> to cut our dense infestation of honeysuckle at Woodend Nature Sanctuary and
> treat stumps with glyphosate.  We have a spicebush population that
> hopefully will benefit from the reduced competition, plus we will be doing
> restoration planting of tree seedlings, shrub and herbaceous species.  My
> concern is whether the allelopathic effects of amur honeysuckle arise only
> from root exudates of live plants or whether decaying honeysuckle woodchips
> would also suppress other vegetation.
>
> Any advice would be much appreciated,
>
> Alison
>
>
>
> Alison Pearce, PhD
>
> Alison Pearce, PhD
> Director of Restoration
> Audubon Naturalist Society
> 8940 Jones Mill Road
> Chevy Chase, MD 20815
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