United States Department of Agriculture Leaflet 190, Mulching to 

 Establish Vegetation on Eroded Areas of the Southeast. The larger 

 oaks, hickories, poplars, maples, and gums may be cut, but smaller 

 ones should be girdled or grubbed to prevent sprouting after their 

 removal. 



Figure 3.— The pine trees in A suppress the flowering dogwood, plum, cedar, 

 persimmon, blackberry, and sumac that make the natural shrub border in B. 

 Only the flowering dogwood can be seen among the trees in A. 



If a border throughout its length is of uniform width, maintenance 

 of both shrub and herbaceous strips is easier, and the field edges will 

 be more even. 



