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Use of Remote Sensing for Detecting and Mapping Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

James H. Everitt ,
Gerald L. Anderson ,
David E. Escobar ,
Michael R. Davis ,
Neal R. Spencer  and
Roger J. Andrascik
James H. Everitt
Affiliation:
Remote Sensing Research Unit, Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., 2413 E. Hwy 83, Weslaco, TX 78596
Gerald L. Anderson
Affiliation:
Remote Sensing Research Unit, Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., 2413 E. Hwy 83, Weslaco, TX 78596
David E. Escobar
Affiliation:
Remote Sensing Research Unit, Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., 2413 E. Hwy 83, Weslaco, TX 78596
Michael R. Davis
Affiliation:
Remote Sensing Research Unit, Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., 2413 E. Hwy 83, Weslaco, TX 78596
Neal R. Spencer
Affiliation:
Agric. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. Agric., P.O. Box 1109, Sydney, MT 59270
Roger J. Andrascik
Affiliation:
National Park Service, U.S. Dep. Inter., P.O. Box 7, Medora, ND 58645
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Abstract

Leafy spurge is a troublesome, exotic weed in the northern Great Plains of the United States. Leafy spurge produces showy yellow bracts during June that give this weed a conspicuous appearance. A study was conducted to determine the feasibility of using remote sensing techniques to detect leafy spurge in this phenological stage. Study sites were located in North Dakota and Montana. Plant canopy reflectance measurements showed that leafy spurge had higher visible (0.63- to 0.69-μm) reflectance than several associated plant species. The conspicuous yellow bracts of leafy spurge gave it distinct yellow-green and pink images on conventional color and color-infrared aerial photographs, respectively. Leafy spurge also could be distinguished on conventional color video imagery where it had a golden yellow image response. Quantitative data obtained from digitized video images showed that leafy spurge had statistically different digital values from those of associated vegetation and soil. Computer analyses of video images showed/that light reflected from leafy spurge populations could be quantified from associated vegetation. This technique permits area estimates of leafy spurge populations. Large format conventional color photographs of Theodore Roosevelt National Park near Medora, ND were digitized and integrated with a geographic information system to produce a map of leafy spurge populations within the park that can be useful to monitor the spread or decline of leafy spurge.

Keywords

Leafy spurge, Euphorbia esula L.,# EPHESColor-infrared photographyconventional color photographyconventional color video imagerygeographic information systemglobal positioning systemlight reflectance
Type
Research
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Weed Technology , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , September 1995 , pp. 599 - 609
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Copyright © 1995 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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