Annotated Bibliography of Fire Literature

Relative to Northern Grasslands in South-Central Canada and North-Central United States

134. Owensby, C.E., and J.L. Launchbaugh. 1977. Controlling prairie threeawn (Aristida oligantha Michx.) in central and eastern Kansas with fall burning. J Range Manage 30:337-339.

Burn dates and methods, with and without subsequent seeding of native grasses, to control prairie threeawn at three former tallgrass prairie sites in Kansas are compared. Burning in early December removed mulch and reduced threeawn the next year. Duration of control was not assessed.

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