What types of emergent plants cause problems?
Three emergent plants are almost always the target when emergent plant control is desired, primarily because their ability to take over a shallow water/wetland area. These plants are phragmites, or common reed, purple loosestrife and cattail. These plants often encroach on a boat launch area, and in the case of phragmites and purple loosestrife, invade and crowd out native plants in a wetland, which reduces the wetlands’s value to animals using it. A Permit for Use of an Algicide, Herbicide or Fish Control Chemical in Waters of the Commonwealth is required if the control area contains water….go to the online form. The most commonly used chemical for emergent plants is Rodeo ®.
