Tag Archives: Phalaris arundinacea

Testing shows confounding results. A late spring application of clethodim on mature Reed Canary Grass did not work, but then a second round of clethodim did work.

Posted on July 24, 2025 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By Bill Kleiman This is an update on an earlier post. It is good to do simple monitoring or testing to see if a weed treatment you are using works. I will describe the simple way I tested a herbicide … Continue reading →

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Testing shows confounding results. A late spring application of clethodim on mature Reed Canary Grass did not work, but then a second round of clethodim did work.

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By Bill Kleiman This is an update on an earlier post. It is good to do simple monitoring or testing to see if a weed treatment you are using works. I will describe the simple way I tested a herbicide … Continue reading →

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Herbicide Treatments to Reed Canary Grass – Clethodim vs. Glyphosate – Follow-Up Observations

Posted on September 21, 2023 by jmasonfpdwc

By: Julianne Mason, Restoration Program Coordinator, Forest Preserve District of Will County Five years ago, my coworker and I put in some test plots to compare the effectiveness of spraying reed canary grass with glyphosate, a non-selective herbicide, compared to … Continue reading →

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Invasive Reed canary grass control

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Grassland Restoration Network blog

By Bill Kleiman As described in Plants of the Chicago Region, “Phalaris arundinacea, reed canary grass, is introduced from Eurasia. This grass is planted by farmers for pasture and erosion control. It is very common in marshes and other moist … Continue reading →

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