LEAFY SPURGE DOCUMENTS

Leafy Spurge Documents

Yampa River Leafy Spurge Project GIS datasets are available for download from the GIS Data page.

Highly Recommended!

An important new research paper has recently been published on leafy spurge biological control. The Biological Control of Leafy Spurge is a well written, comprehensive overview of leafy spurge biological control—and a confirmation that the YRLSP is on the right track with its biocontrol release project.

Identification

CDA Leafy Spurge Fact Sheet

— Information Sheet from the Colorado Department of Agriculture

USDA Leafy Spurge Fact Sheet

— Information Sheet from the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Scientific Overviews (Biology, Taxonomy, Management)

Field Guide for Managing Leafy Spurge in the Southwest

— USDA Forest Service Publication TP-R3-16-12. Revised June 2017.

Leafy, oblong and carnation spurge

— Excerpted from DiTomosato, et al. 2013. Weed Control in Natural Areas in the Western United States, Berkeley: University of California Weed Research & Information Center.

Leafy Spurge: Biology, Ecology and Management

— Goodwin, et al. Montana State University Bulletin, 2001.

Leafy Spurge Effects on Patterns of Plant Species Richness

— Butler and Cogan. 2004. Journal of Range Management 57(3): 305–311.

Plant Guide for Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula)

— St. John and Tilley. 2014. USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plant Materials Center. Aberdeen, Idaho 83210

Biological Control

A Barrage of Beetles: Controlling Leafy Spurge Through Beetle Inundation

— Science Findings 146, September 2012. Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service.

Biological Control of Leafy Spurge (Highly Recommended!)

— West and Gaskin. 2022. Excerpted from Van Driesche, R., et al., Contributions of Classical Biological Control to the U.S. Food Security, Forestry, and Biodiversity, USDA Forest Service Publication FHAAST-2019-05.

The Biology and Integrated Management of Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula) on North Dakota Rangeland

— Lym. 1998. Weed Technology 12(2): 367–373.

Flea Beetles Are a Strong Weapon in the Ongoing Battle Against Leafy Spurge

— Beef Insider, March 2018.

Integration of Biological Control Agents with Other Weed Management Technologies: Successes from the Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula) IPM Program

— Lym. 2005. Biological Control 35(2005): 366–375.

Inundative Release of Aphthona spp. Flea Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) as a Biological "Herbicide" on Leafy Spurge in Riparian Areas

— Progar, et al. 2010. Journal of Economic Entomology 103(2): 242–248.

Leafy Spurge

— Nowierski and Pemberton. 2002. Excerpted from Van Driesche, R., et al., Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States, USDA Forest Service Publication FHTET-2002-04.

Leafy Spurge Control Using Flea Beetles (Aphthona spp.)

— Lym. 2013. North Dakota State University Extension Service.

Herbicide Specification Sheets

Plateau and Overdrive (BASF)

Venue (Nichino America)

YRLSP-Sponsored Research

Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) seed production, germination, and vegetative propagule potential in a riparian ecosystem.

— Kuhns. Masters Thesis Defense Seminar (video), April 9, 2021.

Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) seed production, germination, and vegetative propagule potential in a riparian ecosystem.

— Kuhns. Masters Thesis, August 2021.

Multispectral satellite remote sensing and predictive modeling for mapping of presence and invasion risk of leafy spurge in northwestern Colorado.

— Mattilio. PhD Dissertation (chapter 3), November 2021.

Remote mapping of leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula, L.) in Northwest Colorado.

— Mattilio, et al. Frontiers in Remote Sensing 4:1086085, DOI 10.3389/frsen.2023.1086085, January 2023.