Graduate student University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Glyphosate can persist in operationally treated cut-blocks for at least one year after initial application. However, diversity of non-target understory plant species is not substantially affected by the herbicide. Important browse and forage species such as Chamerion angustifolium and Salix spp. show strong resilience and biomass recovery after treatment.
Learning Objectives:
After viewing the poster, the participant will be able to describe the changes in glyphosate residual concentration over a two-year period and explain how this impacts the abundance and availability of common browse species.
After viewing the poster, the participant will be able to explain the shift in plant community composition from an untreated block to a treated block, following an operational application of glyphosate, and understand changes to species richness, diversity, and relative abundance of understory plants.
