ON DAMAGES BY DE-ICING SALTS TO PLANTINGS ALONG THE FEDERAL HIGHWAYS

THE USE OF DE-ICING SALTS ESPECIALLY NACL, CAUSES EXTENSIVE DAMAGES TO TREES AND SHRUBS ALONG HIGHWAYS BY SPLASHING THE SHOOTS ABOVE THE GROUND WITH MIXTURES OF MELTED SNOW AND SALT. THE DAMAGES ARE MANIFESTED BY DEAD BUDS AND SPROUTS, BROWN LEAVES AND NEEDLES ON EVERGREEN PLANTS, AND SOMETIMES EVEN THE DYING OF PLANTS ENTIRELY. THE EXTENT OF DAMAGES IS DETERMINED BY NUMEROUS INTERACTING FACTORS, SUCH AS SALT QUANTITIES, TRAFFIC PATTERNS, WEATHER AND SOIL CONDITIONS AND ABOVE ALL PLANT-TYPE AND PLANT-AGE. INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE PROBLEMS OF MAKING HIGHWAY PLANTS MORE SALT RESISTANT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 19,no 6
• Corporate Authors:

  Nachr Deut Pflanzenschutzdienst/ger

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• Authors:
  • Sauer, G
• Publication Date: 1967-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deicers (Equipment); Loss and damage; Plants; Sodium chloride; Soils; Traffic flow; Travel patterns; Weather
• Uncontrolled Terms: Deicers; Soil conditions; Traffic patterns
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218228
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 24 1994 12:00AM