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1 <br />' Rosa woodii, Woods rose 1 <br />Purshia tridentate, Antelope bitterbrush 2 <br />Symnhoricopos oreophilus, Snowberry 1 <br />' Seedling transplanting <br />' The most favorable micro-sites are prepared for seedling transplant. In <br />order to increase survival, the site and the seedlings undergo an intensive <br />selection and preparation process. <br />• Site preparation program: <br />1. Selected micro-sites are disk-plowed three times during the <br />' summer to enhance the root zone, reduce herbaceous <br />competition, improve soil moisture and benefit the hand <br />planting process.. <br /> <br /> 2. A week before planting, the prepared sites are treated with the <br /> pre-emergent herbicide, OustT*' at a rate of 4 oz per acre, <br />' to inhibit annual weed growth and provide long term <br /> control of perennial herbaceous species. <br /> <br /> • Plant material program: <br /> l . Seed is gathered within a 2 mile radius of the minesite during <br /> the fall previous to anticipated planting dates. The seed or <br />' fruit is sent directly to the greenhouse at Bitterroot Native <br />Growers of Corvallis, Montana. Only seed from the <br /> minesite is used for Seneca's tubling stock. Bitterroot <br /> Native Growers are under contract to both grow and <br />plant the seedlings. <br />' 2. Seed is sown in 10 cu. in. cells at Bitterroot Native Growers' <br /> greenhouse in Corvallis, Montana. The seedlings are <br /> grown in the greenhouse until they meet various criteria, <br />then they are place in the lathe house to harden them off <br /> for the fall planting Only the most vigorous stock is <br />' selected for planting at Seneca Mine <br />' 3. Soil is collected from native shrub stands at the minesite in <br />midsummer and sent to the nursery. From this soil a <br />mycorrhizal inoculant is prepared for each species to be <br />1 <br />~'' <br />