Native Grass Community Management Plan for the Oak Ridge Reservation
Abstract
Land managers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in East Tennessee are restoring native warm-season grasses and wildflowers to various sites across the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR). Some of the numerous benefits to planting native grasses and forbs include improved habitat quality for wildlife, improved aesthetic values, lower long-term maintenance costs, and compliance with Executive Order 13112 (Clinton 1999). Challenges to restoring native plants on the ORR include the need to gain experience in establishing and maintaining these communities and the potentially greater up-front costs of getting native grasses established. The goals of the native grass program are generally outlined on a fiscal-year basis. An overview of some of the issues associated with the successful and cost-effective establishment and maintenance of native grass and wildflower stands on the ORR is presented in this report.
- Authors:
-
- ORNL
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park
- Sponsoring Org.:
- ORNL other overhead
- OSTI Identifier:
- 930916
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM-2007/038
ORNL/TM-2006/149; TRN: US200813%%290
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; GRAMINEAE; HABITAT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; OAK RIDGE RESERVATION; LAND RESOURCES; LAND RECLAMATION
Citation Formats
Ryon, Michael G, Parr, Patricia Dreyer, and Cohen, Kari. Native Grass Community Management Plan for the Oak Ridge Reservation. United States: N. p., 2007.
Web. doi:10.2172/930916.
Ryon, Michael G, Parr, Patricia Dreyer, & Cohen, Kari. Native Grass Community Management Plan for the Oak Ridge Reservation. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/930916
Ryon, Michael G, Parr, Patricia Dreyer, and Cohen, Kari. 2007.
"Native Grass Community Management Plan for the Oak Ridge Reservation". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/930916. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/930916.
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title = {Native Grass Community Management Plan for the Oak Ridge Reservation},
author = {Ryon, Michael G and Parr, Patricia Dreyer and Cohen, Kari},
abstractNote = {Land managers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in East Tennessee are restoring native warm-season grasses and wildflowers to various sites across the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR). Some of the numerous benefits to planting native grasses and forbs include improved habitat quality for wildlife, improved aesthetic values, lower long-term maintenance costs, and compliance with Executive Order 13112 (Clinton 1999). Challenges to restoring native plants on the ORR include the need to gain experience in establishing and maintaining these communities and the potentially greater up-front costs of getting native grasses established. The goals of the native grass program are generally outlined on a fiscal-year basis. An overview of some of the issues associated with the successful and cost-effective establishment and maintenance of native grass and wildflower stands on the ORR is presented in this report.},
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year = {Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
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