Effects of five mulch materials on microclimatic conditions affecting the establishment of vegetation on minesoil
The influence of five mulch materials (hardwood bark, hardwood bark with chicken manure, hardwood bark with composted sewage, pelletized grass by-products, and recycled magazine stock) on microclimate and their effect on the revegetation of mine spoils was evaluated. Four tree species (black walnut, Juglan nigra L., boxelder, Acer negundo L., Ohio buckeye, Aesculus glabra Willd., and eastern white pine, Pinus strobus L.) were spot-seeded and a forage mixture of tall fescue, Festuca arundinacea Schreb., orchard grass, Dactylis glomerata L., Dutch white clover, Trifolium repens L., and birdsfoot refoil, Lotus cornicalatans L. was broadcast as a cover. Minesoil temperature and moisture, germination, survival and height growth of trees, and percent cover by forages were variables measured. Chemical analysis for mineral content of the five mulch materials was obtained.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington
- OSTI ID:
- 5288280
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-801263-
- Journal Information:
- Univ. Ky., Off. Eng. Serv., (Bull.); (United States), Conference: Symposium on surface mining hydrology, sedimentology and reclamation, Lexington, KY, USA, 1 Dec 1980
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
REVEGETATION
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
FIELD TESTS
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
SPOIL BANKS
MICROCLIMATES
MOISTURE
SURFACE MINING
LAND RECLAMATION
BIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
COAL MINING
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FERTILIZERS
FORAGE
GERMINATION
PLANT GROWTH
SOIL CHEMISTRY
TREES
ANIMAL FEEDS
CHEMISTRY
CLIMATES
DATA
FOOD
GROWTH
INFORMATION
MINING
NUMERICAL DATA
PLANTS
TESTING
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