Effects of late-season sheep grazing following early-season steer grazing on population dynamics of sericea lespedeza in the Kansas Flint Hills.

Mature ewes were used in a 4-yr study to evaluate effects of intensive late-season sheep grazing on vigor of sericea lespedeza in native tallgrass prairie. Pastures ( = 8; 31 ± 3.6 ha) infested with sericea lespedeza (initial basal frequency = 1.

Effects of prescribed fire timing on grazing performance of yearling beef cattle, forage biomass accumulation, and plant community characteristics on native tallgrass prairie in the Kansas Flint Hills.

Recent research demonstrated that mid- or late-summer prescribed fires can be employed to manage sericea lespedeza () infestations in the Kansas Flint Hills. The effects of prescribed fire applied during the growing season (i.e.

Effects of prescribed fire timing on vigor of the invasive forb sericea lespedeza (), total forage biomass accumulation, plant-community composition, and native fauna on tallgrass prairie in the Kansas Flint Hills.

The predominant grazing-management practice of the Kansas Flint Hills involves annual prescribed burning in March or April with postfire grazing by yearling beef cattle at a high stocking density from April to August. There has been a dramatic increase in sericea lespedeza ( [Dumont] G. Don) coincident with this temporally focused use of prescribed fire in the Flint Hills region.