After clearing invasives, what can I plant to build soil while stopping regrowth?


Zone 7A/Long Island, NY

About 40% of our property is shaded by trees (Silver & Norway Maple) and massively overgrown with invasive plants like multiflora rose, poison ivy, English ivy, and some kind of obnoxiously thorny blackberry. Since it is the furthest part of the property from the house, it’s the least maintained. I’ve made attempts at clearing away the stuff we don’t want, but without having something to put in the open space, things return to the less-than-desirable status quo pretty quickly.

Can anyone suggest some quick growing beneficial replacements for that would help keep the unwanted things at bay so we’re not fighting the same battle year after year?

I would prefer pollinator-friendly plants since both the multiflora roses and blackberries get visited heavily when they are in bloom and I don’t want to impact that negatively. Natives would be nice, but not an absolute must. Dynamic accumulators and/or high biomass generators would be helpful as well, but also not a requirement.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

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