Control & Management
The resources below are intended to provide first-steps to gorse management. Successful invasive species management must be collaborative, is often long-term, and requires the use of several different techniques as control evolves.
Managing Gorse:
- Gorse Management: An Overview
- Understanding and Controlling Gorse
- Available Gorse Management Strategies
- Recommended Best Management Practices
- Contractors for Hire
- Bio-Control of Gorse and Scotch Broom
- Lessons Learned, Methods Demonstration Summary
Herbicide Information:
- National Pesticide Information Center…info for all pesticides.
- Spraying Gorse: Know the Law and Know Your Herbicides
- Pesticide Safety: Got ?’s, Get Answers!
- Gorse Herbicide Use Information
- Vastlan Label Sheet
- Triclopyr Fact Sheet
Buying
Pet Safety
Tools
Restoration After Gorse Removal:
- Native Plant List
- Fire Resistant Plants & Garden, 2016
- Fire Resistant Plants for Home Landscapes, 2006
- GardenSmart Oregon: A Guide to Non-Invasive Plants, 2010
- Gardening with Oregon Native Plants
- Plants for Pollinators
- Selecting Native Plants for Restoration
Seminar Series: Each presentation is full of helpful tips, tricks, and best management practices relating to different aspect of noxious weeds management.
While you are doing your part know that land managers are working together through the GAG to implement strategic and cooperative approaches to gorse control. More on those actions can be found in the Comprehensive Multi-level Gorse Management Plan for the Southern Oregon Coast.
