Changes in abundance of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca L.) on sandy old-fields during succession and due to conservation management

  • Anikó Csecserits Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany
  • Melinda Halassy Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany
  • Tamás Rédei Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany
  • Katalin Szitár Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany
  • Zoltán Botta-Dukát Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany
Keywords: chemical eradication, invasion, invasive alien species, Kiskunság, monitoring, nature management, old-field, sandy grassland

Abstract

One of the most significant invasive species in Hungary is common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), a perennial herb species, which typically invades disturbed sandy grasslands and regenerating sandy old-fields. Various nature conservation management actions are implemented against this species, but their monitoring often fails, because of the lack of long-term resources. We started a study on the recovery of abandoned agricultural fields in 2000. In 2014, herbicide control of milkweed took place in some of our study sites. The permanent plots of the study gave us the opportunity to monitor the effect of the management on milkweed and on the native vegetation. In some of our old-fields, milkweed became dominant gradually after abandonment of cultivation, between 2000 and 2010. After the herbicide treatment, milkweed cover decreased, however it did not disappear totally from the vegetation. The cover of native plant species did not increase significantly for three years after the treatment, meaning there was no remarkable regeneration on the sites previously invaded by milkweed.

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2020-11-23
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