INTEGRATED VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ON LOS ANGELES COUNTY ROADS

In prior years, the County either denuded the system through mechanical means or a surface application of oil; however, incresing costs have led to the adoption of longer-lasting chemical treatments. The use of the highly efficient herbicides in roadside vegetation control has greatly reduced our time commitment to this discipline. The chemicals used in the past season include Hyvar X and Korvar I in the coastal plains. Lorox was used in areas requiring short-term control, Fenamine used for Russian thistle control, Princep 80 used in the mountain areas near pine trees, and Phytar 560 used for spot treatment in the spring. Economics is a key reason for the use of chemicals in a vegetation control program. The development of herbicides has made it possible for many maintenance units to virtually eliminate hand cutting of brush and weeds. Weed-free highway rights-of-way can be an important part of any district's good neighbor policy.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the Symposium on Roadside Vegetation Management and Manipulation Program, August 3-8, 1980, San Antonio, Texas, sponsored by Committee on Roadside Maintenance and Committee on Landscape and Environment Design. Appeared in Transportation Research Record No. 805, Roadside Maintenance. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Pruett, Martin
• Conference:
  • Symposium on Roadside Vegetation Management and Manipulation
  • Location: San Antonio Texas
  • Date: 1981-8-3 to 1981-8-8
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: p 19
• Monograph Title: Roadside maintenance (includes proceedings of Symposium on Roadside Vegetation Management and Manipulation)
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 805
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Herbicides; Landscape maintenance; Roadside; Vegetation; Weed control
• Geographic Terms: Los Angeles County (California)
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00342179
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309032199
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 22 1981 12:00AM