Roadside re vegetation with native plants: Experimental seeding and transplanting of stem cuttings

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 547-554

  Mallik, Azim U ^a   Karim, M N ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Empetrum nigrum; Iris versicolor; Juniperus communis; Mulching; Roadside microhabitat; Roadside restoration; Seeding; Stem cutting; Transplanting.

Indexed keywords

CORNUS; CORNUS CANADENSIS; EMPETRUM NIGRUM; ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM; IRIS VERSICOLOR; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 65249092585     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2008-7-18570     Document Type: Article

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