RESTORATION OF PROBLEM SOIL MATERIALS AT CORPS OF ENGINEERS CONSTRUCTION SITES

Information on vegetative restoration was compiled, reviewed, and a comprehensive report developed. Sources of information included US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service, USDA Soil Conservation Service, USDA Forest Service, US Army Corps of Engineers, US Federal Highway Administration, US Department of Energy-Bureau of Land Management, state highway departments, universities, and private industry. This report contains information on the planning and implementation of vegetative restoration for problem soil materials at Corps of Engineers construction sites. Problem soil materials described include acid soils, saline and alkaline soils, excessively drained soils, poorly drained soils, dispersive clays, and wind-erodible soils. Plant materials arre listed for different regions of the United States as well as information on seeding and planting procedures. The report should be a valuable resource document for planners and engineers that are required to control soil erosion and vegetate project sites that contain problem soil materials. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Army Waterways Experiment Station

  Environmental Effects Laboratory, P.O. Box 631
  Vicksburg, MS  United States  39180

  Hittman Associates, Incorporated

  9190 Red Branch Road
  Columbia, MD  United States  21043

  Army Corps of Engineers

  Department of the Army, Forestal Building
  Washington, DC  United States  20314
• Authors:
  • Lee, C R
  • Skogerboe, J G
  • Eskew, K
  • Price, R A
  • Page, N R
  • Clar, M
  • Kort, R
  • Hopkins, H
• Publication Date: 1985-5

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 514 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acid soils; Clay soils; Construction sites; Drainage; Erosion control; Landscape design; Limestone soils; Saline soils
• Old TRIS Terms: Alkaline soils; Dispersion; Vegetation selection
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450114
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: EL-85-2
• Contract Numbers: DACW39-80-C-0098
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 8:56PM