ESTABLISHMENT OF WOODY PLANT GROUND COVER

A VARIETY OF TREE, SHRUB, AND HERBACEOUS SPECIES ARE LISTED WITH DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERISTICS. SEVERAL EXPERIMENTS ARE RECORDED USING SOIL AMENDMENTS AND THE USE OF SEVERAL FERTILIZER FORMULATIONS AND MIXTURES. THIS STUDY INCLUDED A NUMBER OF EXPERIMENTS OF DIRECT SEEDING OF VARIOUS WOODY AND HERBACEOUS SPECIES. NO DEFINITE CONCLUSIONS ARE PRESENTED BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN AN INSUFFICENT PERIOD FOR EVALUATION. THIS PHASE OF THE STUDY WAS CONCLUDED ON JUNE 30, 1968, DUE TO LIMITED FUNDS AND A SHORTAGE OF PERSONNEL. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr-1 (4), 0475
• Corporate Authors:

  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

  Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
  3500 Transportation Research Plaza
  Blacksburg, VA  United States  24061

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Barkley, D G
• Publication Date: 1968-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Experiments; Fertilizers; Ground cover; Planting; Shrubs; Trees
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218033
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 5 1994 12:00AM