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-..: <br /> <br />MATURE SHRUB TRANSPLANTS <br />The use of transplanted mature shrubs in reclaiming areas in <br />the mountain shrub type would appear to have great potential. Due <br />to the high labor/capital intensity of the operation, this method <br />- probably cannot be used on a large-scale basis. However, much as <br />the "seed tree' method is utilized in silviculture, mature shrub <br />transplants can be used to establish "islands" of seed producing <br />shrubs on the revegetation site. Besides acting as a propagation <br />nucleus, these islands might also serve as cover for wildlife. <br />Mature transplants of oak, serviceberry, snowbe-ry, and chokecherry <br />s <br />LJ <br />are being investigated in this study. <br />f4ethods <br />The transplanting operation was performed with a backhoe having <br />a 30-inch bucket. This resulted in a root-ball approximately 24" in <br />diameter by ZO" deep. Holes slightly larger than required to accomo- <br />date the root-balls were excavated on the study site. This resulted <br />in a basin being farmed around the transplant shrub. The depression <br />should act to catch and hold water which will aid in establishing the <br />shrub. <br />The initial transplanting was performed on October 27, 1975. <br />Eight clumps of each species (oak, serviceberry, snowberry, and <br />