Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate methods of establishing potentially useful forage species and to compare their ability to establish on surface mine spoil in Kentucky. It included eight (8) species seeded alone or in mixtures, with five different methods of establishment. The study was conducted at two locations, one in eastern Kentucky and another in western Kentucky. The establishment treatments included mulching with straw or woodbark in combination with broadcasting and drilling the seed. The species used were tall fescue, Caucasian bluestem, big bluestem, indiangrass, switchgrass, crownvetch and two different serecia lespedezas. After 3 years the percent stand produced by the seeded species was not significantly affected by establishment methods at either location. Caucasian bluestem seeded alone produced the most consistent stands at both locations. Switchgrass was equal to it in western Kentucky. All legumes produced better stands in eastern Kentucky. All warm season grasses produced better stands in western Kentucky than in eastern Kentucky than in western Kentucky.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Establishment methods did not significantly affect the percent stand of seeded forage species after 3 years.
- Taxon
- seeded speciese1
- Treatment
- establishment methodse1
- Outcome
- percent stande1
- Direction
- not significantly affectede1
- Setting
- surface mine spoil in Kentuckye0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“establish on surface mine spoil in Kentucky”
e1“After 3 years the percent stand produced by the seeded species was not significantly affected by establishment methods at either location”
Claim · model-written summary
Caucasian bluestem seeded alone produced the most consistent stands at both locations.
Verbatim
e2“Caucasian bluestem seeded alone produced the most consistent stands at both locations”
Claim · model-written summary
Switchgrass stands were equal to Caucasian bluestem in western Kentucky.
- Taxon
- Switchgrass
Panicum virgatume3 - Outcome
- equal to ite3
- Setting
- western Kentuckye3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e3“Switchgrass was equal to it in western Kentucky”
Claim · model-written summary
All legumes produced better stands in eastern Kentucky.
Verbatim
e4“All legumes produced better stands in eastern Kentucky”
Claim · model-written summary
All warm season grasses produced better stands in western Kentucky than in eastern Kentucky.
Verbatim
e5“All warm season grasses produced better stands in western Kentucky than in eastern Kentucky”