issg Database: Management and Information Links for Cynodon dactylon

Cynodon dactylon (grass)

Ecology Distribution Management
Info Impact
Info References
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         Interim profile, incomplete information
         Management Information

Physical: Small patches can be dug out. Removal of all rhizomes and stolons is necessary. Solarisation by use of plastic sheets is possible in some climates.
Chemical: Young plants are effectively controlled by applying paraquat, or glyphosate. Applications should occur during spring or autumn when rhizomes are growing (Weber 2003, in PIER 2008).

         Location Specific Management Information
Bermuda
This grass is potentially invasive and showing signs of becoming invasive.
Tristan da Cunha Is. (sub-Antarctic) (Saint Helena)
Inaccessible Island Management Plan recommends that this species should be eradicated where possible.

         Management Resources/Links

1. Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR). 2008. Plants of Hawaii: Poaceae > Paspalum scrobiculatum Ricegrass
        Summary: Images.
Available from:http://www.hear.org/starr/plants/images/species/?q=paspalum+scrobiculatum [Accessed 10 December 2008]
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