Morella faya
firetree
Introduced and causing ecological or economic harm.
Nitrogen-fixing tree that transforms nutrient-poor Hawaiian soils, facilitating invasion by other non-natives and displacing native species adapted to oligotrophic conditions.
Myrica faya (firetree, faya or haya; syn. Morella faya (Ait.) Wilbur) is a species of Myrica, native to Macaronesia (the Azores, Madeira, and the Canary Islands), and possibly also southern Portugal.
Read more on Wikipedia →Only 9 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Controlling Morella faya
Best reported: IPA-Incision Point Application with 100% Milestone — one report from CTAHR/OANRP.
5.0IPA-Incision Point Application100% MilestoneAminopyralidG4
- 5successful. Recommended method · CTAHR/OANRP · trial · 2018-04-23
Trial complete, 27 months. 10 cuts/tree, 0.5ml/cut. At 19 months, 4 of 5 tree dead (circum <231cm), with smallest tree showing resprouts (circum = 97cm). At 27 months, smallest tree had almost completely defoliated again. Suggest 1 cut/15-20cm.
4.0IPA-Incision Point Application100% PolarisImazapyrG2
- 4more than moderate satisfaction · CTAHR/OANRP · trial · 2018-04-24
Trial complete, 27 months. 10 cuts/tree, 0.5ml/cut. At 7 months, 1 of 5 trees dead. At 13 months, 4 of 5 dead. At 27 months 5 of 5 dead. Suggest 1 cut/20cm.
4.0cut-stump20% G4, 80% BiodieselTriclopyrG4
- 4more than moderate satisfaction · OANRP · observed
4.0basal-bark20% G4, 80% BiodieselTriclopyrG4
- 4more than moderate satisfaction · OANRP · observed
2.0IPA-Incision Point Application100% Ranger ProGlyphosateG9
- 2minimal satisfaction · CTAHR/OANRP · trial · 2018-04-23
Trial complete, 27 months. 10 cuts/tree, 0.5ml/cut. At 13 months, 1 of 5 tree dead (circum = 109cm). At 19 months, 2 of 5 dead. At 27 months, 1 tree thought dead had resprouts, but all other trees in poor health and mostly defoliated. May be effective at higher rates
2.0IPA-Incision Point Application100% Garlon 4 UltraTriclopyrG4
- 2minimal satisfaction · CTAHR/OANRP · trial · 2018-04-23
Trial complete, 27 months. 10 cuts/tree, 0.5ml/cut. At 13 months, 2 of 5 tree dead (circum <102cm). At 27 months, remaining 3 partially defoliated only. May be effective at higher rates
Ratings are the reporting organisation’s own, on a 5-point scale. Always follow the product label — the label is the law. See these 6 rows in the full table
