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Top growth of cogongrass is easy to kill or eliminate, while it is the underground stems or rhizomes that are more difficult to control and must be the target of eradication-control treatments. Each 1-2 inch segment of the rhizome can send up a shoot, when the top is eliminated by mowing, herbicide, or burning. Mowing and burning can be used to clear thatch and debris before other treatment begin, while burning can result in killing desirable plants and open adjoining lands for cogongrass invasion. 

 

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