Native roadside perennial grasses persist a decade after planting in the Sacramento Valley
| Autor: | Claassen, Stephen L. Young, R O'Dell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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restoration
Perennial plant roadside plants ecological restoration Introduced species invasive annual grass California Grassland lcsh:Agriculture plant establishment lcsh:Agriculture (General) Revegetation Restoration ecology geography.geographical_feature_category Agroforestry Plant Sciences grasslands fungi lcsh:S General Engineering food and beverages Sowing lcsh:S1-972 grasses Geography Agronomy Disturbance (ecology) native bunchgrass revegetation grassland perennials Weed |
| Zdroj: | California Agriculture, Vol 61, Iss 2, Pp 79-84 (2007) O'Dell, Ryan; Young, Steve L; & Claassen, Vic. (2007). Native roadside perennial grasses persist a decade after planting in the Sacramento Valley. California Agriculture, 61(2). Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/9rq3r5tp |
| ISSN: | 0008-0845 |
| DOI: | 10.3733/ca.v061n02p79 |
| Popis: | Restoring native grassland along roadsides can provide a relatively low-maintenance, drought-tolerant and stable perennial vegetative cover with reduced weed growth, as opposed to the high-maintenance invasive annual cover (requiring intensive mowing and herbicide treatments) that dominates most Sacramento Valley roadsides. A survey of long-established roadside native-grass plantings in Yolo County showed that once established and protected from disturbance, such plantings can persist with minimal maintenance for more than a decade, retaining a high proportion of native species. The survey also showed that each species of native perennial grass displays a microhabitat preference for particular roadside topographic positions, and that native perennial grass cover is negatively affected by disturbance. |
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