Plant species establishment for reclamation purposes on four soils at the La Plata Mine in northwestern New Mexico
Conference
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OSTI ID:56938
- BHP - Utah International Inc., Waterflow, NM (United States)
- New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM (United States)
In the fall of 1981, 25 species of grasses, forbs, and shrubs were individually planted on 3.5 x 3.5 m plots. Each plot was replicated four times on each of four different soils. The four soils included (1) a grades spoil covered with topdressing removed from a native site dominated by greasewood, (2) a graded spoil covered with topdressing removed from a native site dominated by sagebrush, (3) a graded spoil covered with topdressing removed from a mixture of greasewood and sagebrush dominated sites, and (4) graded spoil with no topdressing. Seeding cool season grasses gave high cover percentages except with Indian ricegrass. Seeding warm season grasses resulted in low cover. Mixing greasewood and sagebrush derived topdressing gave an overall additive effect to cover that was often similar to cover on sagebrush derived soils. Seeding spoil with grasses gave low percentages of cover. Forb cover was at or near zero and not considered successful when planted as a monoculture. Cover of seeded shrubs was high for fourwing saltbush and shadscale while all other shrubs had lower cover.
- OSTI ID:
- 56938
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9003298--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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