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Title:

VEGETATION OF ROADSIDE SLOPES IN MASSACHUSETTS

Accession Number:

00380721

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309035562

Abstract:

The achievements and conclusions of some of the research carried out on the establishment of roadside vegetation and sand-dune control from 1962-1977 are reviewed. Fall and early spring seedings of basic grasses--creeping red fescue (Festuca rubra), Kentucky-31 tall fescue (Festuca elatior var. arundinacea), ryegrass (Lolium spp.), redtop (Agrostis alba), and Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis)-- and a legume, white clover (Trifolium repens), are successful for erosion control and vegetative cover on roadsides properly limed and fertilized. Hay, excelsior mat, wood cellulose, and wood-chip mulches provided excellent erosion control and assistance in seedling establishment. For more permanent cover, low-maintenance leguminous species that can be substituted for grasses are crownvetch (Coronilla varia), flat pea (Lathyrus sylvestris), and lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata), but they require more precise soil preparations of liming and fertilization for establishment. Methods were found of establishing woody species quickly and inexpensively through the use of root cuttings of sweet fern (Comptonia peregrina), bristly locust (Robinia fertilis), and sumanc species (Rhus spp.); spot seeding of other woody species and even legumes is successful and inexpensive. Proper wood-chip depth is important. Moving sand dunes on Cape Cod initiated experiments that showed that American beachgrass (Ammophila breviligulata) can be successfully grown by machine planting with the use of a complete fertilizer; during the second season, the area was completely covered with beachgrass. Coastal panicgrass (Panicum amarulum), weeping lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula), and tall fescue provided good cover after having been seeded with a grain drill modified to plant the seeds 2 in. deep. Woody species such as pines (Pinus spp.) and bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) can be planted on stabilized dunes as climax vegetation. (Author)

Supplemental Notes:

Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Landscape and Environmental Design. 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 Accession #:

01495497

Authors:

Zak, John M

Editors:

Kassabian, Naomi

Pagination:

pp 11-14

Publication Date:

1983

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 913
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

62nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1983-1-17 to 1983-1-21

ISBN:

0309035562

Media Type:

Print

Features:

References (9)

Geographic Terms:

Massachusetts

Old TRIS Terms:

Massachusetts

Subject Areas:

Design; Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Mar 30 1984 12:00AM

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