First year response of mixed hardwoods and improved American chestnuts to compaction and hydroseed treatments on reclaimed mine land

26th Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation and 11th Billings Land Reclamation Symposium 2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 408-426

  Fields Johnson, C ^a   Zipper, C E ^a   Burger, J A ^a   Evans, D M ^a  

^a VA Tech   (United States)

Author keywords

American chestnut; Compaction; Ground cover; Mine land succession; Native hardwoods; Reclamation; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN CHESTNUT; APPALACHIAN HARDWOODS; BLIGHT RESISTANCE; COAL-MINING; FIRST YEAR; GROUND COVER; GROWING SEASON; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION; MINE SITE; MIXED HARDWOODS; NATIVE PLANTS; PLANTINGS; POTENTIAL METHODS; REDUCED SOILS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREE SURVIVAL; VIRGINIA;

COAL RECLAMATION; COMPACTION; CONSERVATION; FRUITS; GRADING; HARDWOODS; LAND RECLAMATION; REFORESTATION; TIMBER; VEGETATION;

RECLAMATION;

EID: 84865404155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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