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- Title
Hardwood Tree Survival in Heavy Ground Cover on Reclaimed Land in West Virginia: Mowing and Ripping Effects.
- Authors
Skousen, Jeff; Gorman, Jim; Pena-Yewtukhiw, Eugenia; King, Jim; Stewart, Jason; Emerson, Paul; DeLong, Curtis
- Abstract
The article reports on a comparative study examining the establishment and growth of five species of hardwood tree in a reclaimed West Virginia surface mine area. The area consisted of compacted soil and heavy groundcover of grass. West Virginia coal mining regulations emphasize reforestation as the preferred method of land use in surface mined areas no longer utilized. The team planted 1-year old seedlings of hardwood including black cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh.), red oak (Quercu rubra L.), and yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera L.) onto mowed and unmowed sites. Survival rates which were averaged following a 7-year growth period and the effect of browsing by wildlife on tree growth are presented.
- Subjects
COMPARATIVE studies; FIELD research; SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry); TREE growth; GROUND vegetation cover; MOWING machines; SOIL ripping; REFORESTATION -- Environmental aspects; HARDWOODS; BLACK cherry; RED oak; LIRIODENDRON tulipifera
- Publication
Journal of Environmental Quality, 2009, Vol 38, Issue 4, p1400
- ISSN
0047-2425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2134/jeq2008.0297