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ROSALIA Handbooks ROSALIA Handbooks Practical Experiences in Invasive Alien Plant Control Invasive plant species pose major agricultural, silvicultural, human health and ecological problems worldwide, and are considered the most signifi cant threat for nature conservation. Species invading natural areas in Hungary have been described by a number of books published in the Practical Experiences in Invasive Alien Plant Control last few years. A great amount of experience has been gathered about the control of these species in some areas, which we can read about in an increasing number of articles; however, no book has been published with regards to the whole country. Invasions affecting larger areas require high energy and cost input, and the effectiveness and successfulness of control can be infl uenced by a number of factors. The development of effective, widely applicable control and eradication technologies is preceded by experiments and examinations which are based on a lot of practical experience and often loaded with negative experiences. National park directorates, forest and agricultural managers and NGOs in many parts of Hungary are combatting the spread of invasive species; however, the exchange of information and conclusion of experiences among the managing bodies is indispensable. The aim of the present volume is to facilitate this by summarizing experiences and the methods applied in practice; which, we hope, will enable us to successfully stop the further spread of invasive plant species and effectively protect our natural values. Hungary-Slovakia Cross-border Co-operation Programme 2007-2013 Duna-Ipoly National Park Directorate Financial support for this manual has been provided by “Unified protection against invasive alien plants in sand and floodplain habitats” project. The aim of this project was to control invasive alien species (IAS) in sand and floodplain areas of Hungary and Slovakia, between 2012 and 2014. Duna-Ipoly National Park Directorate (DINPD) and its partner, Regional Association for Nature Conservation and Sustainable Development (BROZ) carried out the following actions: • Know-how of former projects and management activities were compiled, area managers were trained. • Species specific treatment was applied to control the most problematic species for conservation in 3 sites in Slovakia and 5 sites in Hungary, in floodplain and sand habitats. Total managed area in the project was 645 ha. • The most important farming and managing stakeholders of IAS control were involved to change attitude and behaviour as well as to exchange professional information. Project was funded by: European Regional Development Fund (www.husk-cbc.eu) Project identification number: HUSK/1101/2.2.1./0052 ROSALIA HANDBOOKS PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES IN INVASIVE ALIEN PLANT CONTROL ROSALIA KÉZIKÖNYVEK Marticsek József (szerk.) (2010): Tájgazdálkodás Pannon gyepeken. Rosalia kézikönyvek 1. – Duna–Ipoly Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság, Budapest, 244 old. ISBN 978 963 88013 9 5 Frank Tamás és Szmorad Ferenc (2014): Védett erdők természetességi állapotának fenntartása és fejlesz- tése. Rosalia kézikönyvek 2. – Duna–Ipoly Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság, Budapest, 160 old. ISBN 978 615 5241 12 3 Csiszár Ágnes és Korda Márton (szerk.) (2015): Özönnövények visszaszorításának gyakorlati tapaszta- latai. Rosalia kézikönyvek 3. – Duna–Ipoly Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság, Budapest, 239 old. ISBN 978 963 86466 8 2 ROSALIA HANDBOOKS Csiszár, Á. and Korda, M. (eds) (2015): Practical Experiences in Invasive Alien Plant Control. Rosalia Handbooks. – Duna–Ipoly National Park Directorate, Budapest, 241 pp. ISBN 978-615-5241-16-1 VOLUMES OF ROSALIA TANULMÁNYKÖTETEK Barina Zoltán (2006): A Gerecse hegység fl órája. (Flora of the Gerecse Mountains.) – Ma gyar Természettu- dományi Múzeum és Duna–Ipoly Nemzeti Park Igaz gatóság, Budapest, 612 pp. ISBN 963 7093 91 5 Nagy József (2007): A Börzsöny hegység edényes fl órája. (Vascular fl ora of the Börzsöny Mountains.) – Duna–Ipoly Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság, Budapest, 378 pp. ISBN 978 963 87687 0 4 Halpern Bálint (szerk.) (2007): A rákosi vipera védelme. Tanulmány gyűjtemény. (Studies on the conservation of the Hungarian Meadow Viper.) – Duna–Ipoly Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság, Budapest, 194 pp. ISBN 978 963 87687 3 5 Dobolyi Konstantin és Kézdy Pál (szerk.) (2008): Természetvédelem és kutatás a Szénás-hegycsoporton. Tanulmánygyűjtemény. (Nature conservation and researches on the Szénás Hills.) – Duna–Ipoly Nem- zeti Park Igazgatóság, Budapest, 431 pp. ISBN 978 963 88013 0 2 Pintér Balázs és Tímár Gábor (szerk.) (2010): A Naszály természetrajza. Tanulmány gyűj temény. (A natural history of Mt Naszály, Hungary.) – Duna–Ipoly Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság, Budapest, 817 pp. ISBN 978 963 88013 6 4 Ver György (szerk.) (2011): Természetvédelem és kutatás a Duna–Tisza közi homokhátságon. (Nature conservation and researches on the Sandridge of the Danube–Tisza Interfl uve.) – Duna–Ipoly Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság, Budapest, 521 pp. ISBN 978 615 5241 00 0 Vidra Tamás (szerk.) (2012): Természetvédelem és kutatás a Tápió-vidéken. (Nature conser vation and research in the Tápió region.) – Duna–Ipoly Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság, Budapest, 656 pp. ISBN 978 615 5241 03 1 Kézdy Pál és Tóth Zoltán (szerk.) (2012): Természetvédelem és kutatás a budai Sas-hegyen. (Nature conser- vation and research in Mt Sas-hegy.) – Duna–Ipoly Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság, Budapest, 592 pp. ISBN 978 615 5241 04 8 PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES IN INVASIVE ALIEN PLANT CONTROL Edited by Ágnes Csiszár and Márton Korda Duna–Ipoly National Park Directorate Budapest, 2015 Technical manual for national park directorates, area managers of natural areas, nature conservation authorities and NGOs. Manuscript closed in December 2014 Editors: Ágnes Csiszár and Márton Korda Reviewers: Ágnes Csiszár, Botond Mihály and Márton Korda Translated by László Szilágyi Linguistic readers: Andrew Symons and Gábor Kovács Cover design and typography: Németh János Cover photos: László Demeter, Márton Korda, László Peregovits, Csaba Vadász Th e publication of this volume was funded by the European Regional Development Fund of the European Union (HUSK/1101/2.2.1/0052) (www.husk-cbc.eu; www.hungary-slovakia-cbc.eu). Th e content of the current volume does not necessarily represent the offi cial position of the European Union. Hungary-Slovakia Cross-border Co-operation Programme 2007-2013 ISBN 978-615-5241-16-1 © Th e authors © Duna–Ipoly National Park Directorate All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any for form or by any means without the prior written permission of the Publisher. Typeset: Pars Ltd., Nagykovácsi Printed by: CEWE Ltd., Budapest Table of contents Preface . 7 Introduction . 9 On the possibilities and international experience of invasive plant control (Botond Mihály) . 11 Invasive species mapping in the development and high-precision implementation of conservation actions (Gábor Bakó) . 17 A survey on populations of invasive plant species – applied methods and experience (István Szidonya & Róbert Vidéki) . 27 On the authorisation of chemical treatments against invasive plants (Botond Mihály) . 35 A brief overview of technologies used for the controlling invasive alien plant species (Márton Korda) . 37 CASE STUDIES Control of invasive plants in the common sea buckthorn habitat in Újpest (Zoltán Bajor & Károly Penksza) . 45 Tree of heaven control in the area of Alsó-hegy in Tornanádaska (Fanni Boldoghné Szűts) . 57 Th e control of giant goldenrod in the Felső-Kongó meadows by Szigliget (Judit Cservenka, Máté Magya- ri, Imre Petróczi & Gábor Békássy) . 61 Control of black locust in the area of Valkó Forestry (Attila Csór) . 67 Eradication of invasive alien plants in the southern Nyírség area of the Hortobágy National Park Directorate (László Demeter & Balázs Lesku) . 75 Control of invasive and other alien arboreal species on the Tamariska-domb of Csepel: planning and implementation (Attila Gergely, Zoltán Bajor & Márton Korda) . 81 Eradication of false indigo from the territory of the North-Hungarian Water Conservancy Directorate between 2007–2014 (Ágnes Kissné Uzonyi & Tamás István Miklós) . 89 Tree of heaven control on sandy areas of the Little Hungarian Plain (Gábor István Kocsis) . 91 Control of Himalayan balsam in the Alsó Meadow by Kőszeg (Blanka Kóródi) . 99 Th e control of black locust in the Mátra Region of the Bükk National Park Directorate (Gábor Magos) . 101 Box elder control using chemical and mechanical methods in old hardwood gallery woodlands of the Ócsa Protected Landscape Area (István Nagy) . 105 Occurrence and control of common milkweed and false indigo within the territory of the Körös–Maros National Park (Judit Sallainé Kapocsi & Tibor Danyik) . 109 Transforming false indigo-infested areas into grasslands (Viktória Siposs) . 119 Rosalia Handbooks • 2015 5 Hungarian data on the sensitivity of tree of heaven seedlings to herbicides (Roland Szabó) . 123 Control of invasive alien plant species in the Turai Legelő Nature Conservation Area (Valentin Szénási) 127 Experience gained from the control of giant goldenrod in the Őrség National Park (Mátyás Szépligeti, Róbert Kun, Sándor Bartha, László Bodonczi & István Szentirmai) . 131 Control of tree of heaven in the Mecsek Park Forest (István Szidonya) . 137 Controlling invasive tree species on the Szabadság-sziget using traditional, dense row forest regeneration technology and individual eradication (Endre Sztellik) . 141 Eradication of invasive alien plants under