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Growing Native Plants for Mine Reclamation

Mine soils are often coarse textured materials with high coarse fragment content and low nutrient status. The same is often true for forest roads and landslides which require rehabilitation. Application of a fertilizer is typically used to initiate a nutrient pool in these disturbed soils. Legume species, such as clover or alfalfa which have rhizobial associations that fix atmospheric nitrogen are often seeded to improve the nitrogen content. At some sites a cover of these agronomic species may not be compatible with the end use objectives of forestry or wildlife habitat, and on these sites the establishment of woody native species is more desirable. Native species are selected for these sites based on their ability to improve the nutrient status of the soil and on their palatability to wildlife.


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Author(s): Carol E. Jones

Publication: National Nursery Proceedings - 1998

Event: Forest Nursery Association of British Columbia Meeting
1998 - Victoria, BC

Section: Combined Foresty Nursery Association of British Columbia/Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association Meeting