Published by the Watershed Project and the California Invasive Plant Council, the Weed Workers’ Handbook explains how to remove more than 35 of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most invasive plants. The Handbook provides:
- A simple, strategic approach to dealing with wildland weeds
- Guidelines for planning and leading volunteer control projects
- Descriptions of techniques used to control wildland weeds
- Tool illustrations and a chart explaining how each tool can be used
- Color illustrations, detailed descriptions, and thorough explanations of the best ways to control the Bay Area’s worst weeds
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Entire Weed Worker Handbook (pdf, 128 pages)
Chapter 1 Background: Putting Weed Work in Context
Chapter 2 Strategy: Planning for Effectiveness
Chapter 3 Communication: Talking About Wildland Weeds
Chapter 4 Coordination: Organizing Volunteer Weed Projects
Chapter 5 Tools and Techniques: Manually Controlling Wildland Weeds
Chapter 6 The Plants: How to Remove Bay Area Weeds
Vines
- Cape ivy (Delairea odorata)
- Ivy species (Hedera helix, Hedera canariensis)
- Himalayan blackberry (Rubus discolor)
- Periwinkle (Vinca major)
Shrubs
Removing Spanish broom along the American River Parkway, Sacramento
- Broom species (Genista monspessulana, Cytisus scoparius, Spartium junceum)
- Cotoneaster species (Cotoneaster franchetii, C. pannosa, C. lactea)
- Sticky eupatorium (Ageratina adenophora)
Perennials and Biennials
- Artichoke thistle (Cynara cardunculus)
- Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
- Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
- Perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium)
- Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)
Annuals
- Italian thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus)
- Mustard species (Brassica nigra, B. rapa)
- Wild radish species (Raphanus sativus, R. raphanistrum)
- Yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis)
Perennial Grasses
- Ehrharta (Ehrharta erecta)
- Giant reed (Arundo donax)
- Harding grass (Phalaris aquatica)
- Pampas grass and jubata grass (Cortaderia selloana, C. jubata)
- Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)
- Purple velvet grass (Holcus lanatus)
