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Table 18-1. Susceptibility of Woody Plants to Various Herbicides and Mixtures as Foliage Sprays

Author: OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date: 25 November 2002
Last Reviewed: 25 June 2008

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Common Name
2,4-D 2,4-D Dichlorprop
(1:1)
2,4-D Dicamba
(2:1)
Fosamine ammonium 2,4-D Picloram
(3.7:1)
Triclopyr
alder
S-I S S S S S
arborvitae
R R S   S  
ash
R S-I I-R S-I I-R S
I S   S S-I  
basswood
R S S S S S
beech
R   I S-I S S-I
birch
S S S   S S
blackberry
R   I-R S S-I S
blueberry
S S I-R I S S-I
I-R   I-R   S S
cedar
R I-R S   S  
cherry, black, red
S-I S S S-I S S-I
cherry, choke
S-I S S S S S
cranberry
S          
S S-I S S-I S  
currants, wild
R   S      
dogwood
S-I S   S S S
elderberry
S   S-I   S S
elm
I S-I S S-I S S-I
fir, balsam
R S-I S   S I-R
S S S   S S
hardhack, spirea
I       S  
hawthorn
I-R S S-I S S S
R       S  
hickory, black, shagbark
R S-I S I   S
honeysuckle
S-I S S   S  
ironwood
R S-I S   S S
juniper
R I-R S   S-I  
lilac
I-R       S  
locust, black
I       S  
locust, honey
S-I       S S-I
maple, Manitoba
S-I S S S-I S S
maple, red
R I-R I-R S-I S S-I
maple, silver
S-I       S S
maple, sugar
R S-I I-R   S S
oak, red
I I-R S I-R S-I S
oak, white
I S-I S-I   S-I I
oak, bur
R-I   S I-R S  
pine
R S-I S I-R S I
plum, wild
I S   S    
I S-I S I S S
poplar, aspen
S S S   S S
R   S S   S
raspberry, wild
R S I S   S
redbud rhododendron
R       R S
rose, wild
R I S S S S
sassafras
S-I         S
sheep-laurel
I   S   S-I S
spruce
R I-R S   S-I R
S         S
sweet-fern
I   S S-I    
viburnum
R         S
walnut
S-I       S  
willow
S S S S S S

S - Susceptible. Adequate control obtained with one application.
I - Intermediate. Retreatment is usually need for adequate control.
R - Resistant. Two or more applications may not be adequate.

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