Effects of short duration grazing by sheep or cattle combined with picloram treatments on leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) and Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) outside of Clyde Park, Montana. A grazing study was set up to examine the effects of 6 treatments testing 2 herbicide (no herbicide, picolram control) application levels, and three grazing (no grazing, cattle, or sheep) regimes have on leafy spurge and perennial grasses. Leafy spurge stems were counted annual in plots established along a permanent transect with each treatment. Kentucky bluegrass cover class was estimated using 0.5 m² plots along the permanent transect. Utilization of leafy spurge and Kentucky bluegrass was estimated by clipping paired plots inside and outside of the utilization cages.
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