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Title: TURF ESTABLISHMENT ON HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY SLOPES - A REVIEW
Accession Number: 00204692
Record Type: Component
Abstract: THE DEVELOPMENT OF TURF ON NEWLY GRADED ROADSIDE SLOPES IS THE MOST ECONOMICAL METHOD OF CONTROLLING EROSION AND PROVIDING PLEASANT SCENERY. PERTINENT INFORMATION IS SUMMARIZED ON TURF ESTABLISHMENT UNDER CONDITIONS FOUND ALONG NEWLY GRADED HIGHWAYS FOR USE IN FUTURE PLANNING RESEARCH. ROADSIDE DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY TURF ESTABLISHMENT, INVOLVES A COMBINATION OF PROBLEMS WHICH ARE ENCOUNTERED ONLY ALONG ROADSIDES. STEEP SLOPES AND INFERTILE, COMPACTED SUBSOILS MAKE TURF ESTABLISHMENT DIFFICULT. THE CHARACTERISTICS REQUIRED IN GRASS AND LEGUME SPECIES FOR ROADSIDE TURF ARE /1/ RAPID ESTABLISHMENT TO PREVENT UNDUE EROSION, /2/ THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN THEMSELVES, /3/ LOW GROWTH HABITS AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS WHICH PERMIT EASE IN MOWING, AND /4/ ABSENCE OF WEED-LIKE STRUCTURES. THIS REVIEW OF LITERATURE ON TURF ESTABLISHMENT PRESENTS INFORMATION ON PROBLEMS THAT ARE COMMON TO PRACTICALLY ALL ROADSIDE SEEDINGS.
Supplemental Notes: Paper sponsored by Committee on Roadside Development. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01410113
Authors: Jackobs, J AAndrews Jr, O NMurdoch, C LFoote, L EPagination: pp 71-103
Publication Date: 1967
Serial: Media Type: Digital/other
Features: References
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Apr 6 1994 12:00AM
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