INPC Management Guidelines

Illinois

Nature Preserve

Management Guidelines

Non-native and native aggressive plant species for which specific control recommendations are given in the Vegetation Management Manual (Vol. 1, numbers 1-40)

Manual	Number	Approval Date	File name
Volume One: Vegetation Management Guidelines
Vegetation Management	No. 1	11/07/1990	Vegetation Management Introduction
Vegetation Management Manual	No. 2	02/06/1990	Vegetation Management manual overview
Autumn olive	No. 3	10/23/2007	VMG Autumn olive revised 2007
Black locust	No. 4	10/23/2007	VMG Black locust revised 2007
Buckthorns (alien species)	No. 5	10/23/2007	VMG Buckthorns original 1990
Bush honeysuckles	No. 6	05/01/2007	VMG Bush honeysuckle revised 2007
Canada thistle	No. 7	10/26/2004	VMG Canada thistle revised 2004
Crown vetch	No. 8	10/26/2004	VMG Crown vetch revised 2004
Fescue	No. 9	02/05/2002	VMG Fescue revised 2002
Garlic mustard	No. 10	05/01/2007	VMG Garlic mustard revised 2007
Japanese honeysuckle	No. 11	10/29/2002	VMG Japanese honeysuckle revised 2002
Johnson grass	No. 12	10/26/2004	VMG Johnson grass revised 2004
Leafy spurge	No. 13	10/23/2007	VMG Leafy spurge original 1990
Moneywort	No. 14	02/06/1990	VMG Moneywort original 1990
Multiflora rose	No. 15	10/23/2007	VMG Multiflora rose revised 2003
Osage orange	No. 16	02/01/2005	VMG Osage orange revised 2005
Purple loosestrife	No. 17	10/23/2007	VMG Purple loosestrife original 1990; revised 07
Quaking aspen	No. 18	08/08/2006	VMG Quaking Aspen revised 2006
Reed canary grass	No. 19	05/06/2003	VMG Reed canary revised 2002
Round-leaved bittersweet	No. 20	05/06/2003	VMG Round-leaved bittersweet revised 2003
Siberian elm	No. 21	10/23/2007	VMG Siberian elm
Smooth sumac	No. 22	10/23/2007	VMG Smooth sumac
Sweet clover (white and yellow)	No. 23	02/06/2007	VMG Sweet clover revised 2007
Cut-leaved and common teasel	No. 24	05/07/2007	VMG Teasel revised 2007
White poplar	No. 25	02/01/2005	VMG White poplar revised 2005
Wild parsnip	No. 26	02/06/2007	VMG Wild parsnip revised 2007
Wintercreeper (climbing euonymus)	No. 27	08/08/2006	VMG Wintercreeper revised 2006
Kentucky bluegrass	No. 28	05/01/2007	VMG Kentucky bluegrass revised 2007
Smooth brome	No. 29	02/05/2002	VMG Smooth brome revised 2002
Honey locust	No. 30	05/06/2003	VMG Honey locust revised 2003
White mulberry	No. 31	05/06/2003	VMG White mulberry original 2003
Kudzu	No. 32	05/07/2002	VMG Kudzu original 2002
Sericea lespedeza	No. 33	10/29/2002	VMG Sericea lespedeza original 2002
Gray dogwood	No. 34	10/23/2007	VMG Gray dogwood original 2003
Tree-of-heaven	No. 35	05/07/2002	VMG Tree of heaven original 2002
Chinese yam	No. 36	10/26/2004	VMG Chinese yam original 2004
Spotted knapweed	No. 37	10/26/2004	VMG Spotted knapweed original 2004
Phragmites	No. 38	08/05/2005	VMG Phragmites original 2005
Japanese Stilt Grass	No. 39	02/06/2007	VMG Japanese Stilt Grass original 2007
Japanese Hops	No. 40	02/06/2007	VMG Japanese Hops original 2007
Musk Thistle	No. 41	10/23/2007	VMG Musk Thistle
Dame's Rocket	No. 42	10/23/2007	VMG Dame's Rocket
Volume Four: Herbicide Use and Application		11/07/1990	Herbicide_use
Volume Five: Control of Animal Populations
White-tailed Deer	No. 1	updated10/18/2005	Deer management guidelines 10-18-05
A vegetation monitoring program for assessing deer damage on Illinois Department of Conservation Properties		01/08/1990	Browse
Mosquito Control	No. 2	05/17/1991	Mosquito control
Illinois Garlic Mustard Alert
Illinois Plant translocation and restoration policy		04/20/1993	Illinois Plant Translocation Policy