HERBICIDES FOR HERBACEOUS BROADLEAF WEEDS IN DESIRABLE GRASSES -- Continued
Treatment (pounds/
Time of
Vegetation
acre; cost /pound)
Remarks
Application
Controlled
Triclopyr (1-9;
Broad spectrum of weeds controlled when mixed with
$15.50/lb) Actively growing weeds.
Broadleaf weed and brush
2,4-D, or picloram. It is formulated as either the ester or
species. Not effective on
amine salt and is used as a foliar spray. It usually does
conifers.
not persist in soil for more than one growing season.
Prevent drift of spray to nontarget plants, as minute
quantities of spray will injure them. Triclopyr is used on
broadleaf weeds and woody plants in industrial sites,
rangeland, permanent grass, aquatic sites, and rice.