Reestablishment of wetland vegetation on gas pipeline rights-of-way in six different wetland ecosystems

Conference · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:7279583

Zimmerman, R.E. Shem, L.; Wilkey, P L ^[1]; Van Dyke, G D ^[2]; Hackney, C ^[3]; Gowdy, M ^[4]

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
2. Trinity Christian Coll. Palos Heights, IL (United States)
3. North Carolina Univ., Wilmington, NC (United States)
4. Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL (United States)

Vegetational surveys were carried out to compare reestablished vegetation on pipeline rights-of-way (ROWS) with that in adjacent natural ecosystems undisturbed by pipeline installation. Six sites of various ages were surveyed in ecosystems ranging from coastal marsh to forested wetland. At all sites except one, both the number and the percentage of wetland species on the ROW approximated or exceeded those in the adjacent natural area. In four ecosystems, the vegetation on the ROW was limited to a herbaceous layer by ROW maintenance; thus, the ROWs often involved a complex of species quite different from that found in the adjacent ecosystems.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; GRI; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Gas Research Inst., Chicago, IL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 7279583
• Report Number(s): ANL/CP-75444; CONF-9205204-3; ON: DE92016734; CNN: 5088-252-1770
• Resource Relation: Conference: 13. annual meeting of the Society of Wetlands Scientists (SWS), New Orleans, LA (United States), 31 May - 6 Jun 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
PIPELINES
RIGHTS-OF-WAY
PLANTS
SURVEYS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
COASTAL REGIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FORESTS
LOUISIANA
NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK
WETLANDS
WISCONSIN
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECOSYSTEMS
FEDERAL REGION VI
NORTH AMERICA
USA
540250* - Environment
Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)