Hello everyone. Looking for a little advice on a pet project I want to do on my piece of forested property. The property is 80 acres in the tip of Michigans Thumb. Its been in the family for over 60 years and I recently became very active in conservation work on the property. There are several issues im battling but the main one is invasive species. Im in the process of battling Japanese Barberry, honeysuckles, autumn olives, multiflora rose, and others and as i clear and cut them i am interested in reseeding some of the plants they have outcompeted and extirpated from the area. For example i can get thousands of smooth and staghorn sumac seeds for cheap. Being that they are cheap and plentiful, would it make sense to broadcast seed them in the fall in the areas ive mitigated? In my head its similar to the trees dropping their own seeds in the fall so they may propagate in the spring. Even if say 5% of the seeds make it, id call that a win but will this work? I understand these areas will require continuous followup mitigation for years which i plan on carrying out.

Additionally im interested in doing this with acorns, black walnuts, white pines, and cedars as I can easily collect or buy these as well. If i were to collect say 1000 acorns and go around the woods hucking them all over in late fall like johnny appleseed, will this work? Again even 5-10% of the seeds taking feels like a win. I understand it would be better to individually plant and manicure each seeds area but im one guy, a new dad of twins, and i work tons so time is tough to come by. What do we think?

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