Demonstration of the efficacy of solarization in controlling Acacia saligna seedling emergence and vegetative sprouting. The picture was taken in the first winter after treatment (mid-February). The solarization plot is almost completely void of vegetation. Vegetation cover in the control plot includes almost one thousand A. saligna seedlings per m2, A. saligna vegetative sprouts, and other nitrophilic plants that are common in revegetated areas following A. saligna removal, including Brassicaceae, Compositae, and Malvaceae species.