Workshop on New Grass Germplasms
15
Cost/acre
Seeding practices
(1987 $)
Seed
203
Pitting and seeding
55
Fertilizer
32
Lime
286
Lime application
55
Straw mulch
242
Total
873
Cost/acre
Shrub establishment
(1989 $)
Transplants
476
Planting
476
Fertilizer
54
Total
1006
Another steep slope above and below a cemetery was reshaped, broad-
cast seeded with the same species mixture as above, and covered with
an excelsior erosion control blanket, which is very expensive but which
was needed in this small critical erosion situation.
Birch Creek water diversion dikes. Bulldozer basins were made on the
faces of 1:1 slopes. A native seed mixture was broadcast prior to dozer
tracking. The dozer tracks helped promote growth by providing contour
catchments and a firm seedbed for seed germination.
Stillwater Mine. Rows of hay bales and some snow fence cut wind and
erosion until the plants established on silica oxide mine tailings.
Rising Sun Road reconstruction, Glacier National Park. The topsoil
was stripped and stored before the construction, and then brought back
after the work. The area was hydromulched with an indigenous native
diverse seed mixture. Diversity is important for stabilization. Mowing
has become a problem as it harms the desired plants and allows weed
encroachment.
Bucksnort wildfire seeding near Helena, Montana. Seeding with
native species of slender, thickspike, and bluebunch wheatgrass on snow
in February proved successful. Orchardgrass has been used in the past
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