Cultural Control

Cultural Control

Cultural control is an excellent option for minimizing and removing weeds in areas that are sensitive to herbicides or other weed control methods, such as near rivers or along other waterways.


Cultural management of vegetation involves doing what's needed to enhance the growth of desirable vegetation and inhibit the growth of invasive plants. Tools used for cultural control include reseeding and replanting, targeted grazing, and even burning in some cases.



By examining the weed species currently causing the issue, Pineview will introduce a healthy, non-invasive plant species to overtake the noxious weed. This results in more efficient and manageable vegetation.

Planting desirable plants in this way prevents weeds and invasive plants from hogging the soil and moisture. When the environment is made more suitable for desirable plants, competing plants are less likely to take over — though cultural control alone may not be enough to beat back invasive species.

Among the cultural control practices often used to suppress invasive plants are:

  • Using reseeding methods that favour the desirable species
  • Thinning or removing strands of invasive species
  • Planting native species that are adapted to and appropriate for the soil and site conditions
  • Monitoring soil and mulches for weeds
  • Revegetating bare soil appropriately
  • Monitoring properties to prevent small reinfestations of invasive plants from expanding
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