
Northern Utah Medusahead
exceeding treatment goals

This project is located in northern Utah (Cache and Box Elder Counties). We monitored an area near the Cherry Creek Ski Resort. We measured along 3, 100 ft., transects in an area that is about 15 acres.
Species of interest
Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) is the primary species of interest and is an annual grass. Also, Dyer’s woad (Isatis tinctoria) and leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) were found on site. Dyer’s woad is a winter annual, biennial, or short lived perennial. Leafy spurge is a perennial forb.
Timing
We monitored this project in July of 2018. At this time, many of the plants were dried out and difficult to identify. We will monitor again earlier in the year for a final time in 2019.
Measurements
After this site was treated, we took landscape photos and ground cover photos. Ground cover photos were analyzed using SamplePoint.
Treatment
This area has been treated multiple times with little success, but in 2018, they treated the site with Esplanade for the first time.
Goals
Although we did not predetermine quantitative goals, we would consider the following successful:
project goals
Site photos
Summary
Summary report
Utah Department of Agriculture