Applying the Successional Weed Management Model for Revegetating a Yellow Starthistle-Infested Dryland Pasture in the Chihuahuan Desert

Table 2

Chronology of single-entry treatments for yellow starthistle revegetation field experiment, conducted 2002–2005 in Cliff, New Mexico.

Date	Yellow starthistle growth stage	Treatment
April 24, 2002	Skeleton/seedling/rosette	Prescribed burn
		(Designed disturbance)^a
July 17–20, 2002	None present^b	Perennial grass reseeding
		(Controlled colonization)^a
April 23, 2003	Seedling/rosette	Herbicide applications
		(Controlled species performance)^a
June 13–19, 2003	Early flowering	Goat grazing and mowing
		(Controlled species performance)^a

^a[14]
^bCombined effect of drought and prescribed burn.