REP21701

• Permit No: C1980005
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 1/19/1999
• Doc Name: 1998 Reclamation & Shrub Establishment Studies at Seneca II & Seneca IIW Mines
• Permit Index Doc Type: Reveg Monitoring Report
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................... 1
INTRODUCTION ............................................................2
SECTION A: SHRUB ESTABLISHMENT MONITORING ......................... 3
Introduction ...........................................................3
Methods ...............................................................4
Results ................................................................5
Conclusion ...........................................................10
SECTION B: TOPSOIL DEPTH & SHRUB ESTABLISHMENT STUDY ............ 11
Introduction ..........................................................11
Methods ..............................................................11
Results ...............................................................12
Conclusion ...........................................................17
SECTION C: MYCORRHIZAE BENEFITS STUDY .............................. 18
Introduction ..........................................................18
Methods ..............................................................18
Results ...............................................................19
Conclusion ...........................................................21
LIST OF TABLES
' Table A-1. Summary of planting unit characteristics .......................... 3
Table A-2. Estimated shrub densities and survival within shrub planting units.... 6
Table A-3. Estimated browse damage . ..................................... 7
Table A-4. Plant competition in shrub establishment units ..................... 9
Table B-1. Shrub heights on topsoil and no-topsoil treatments ................. 13
' Table B-2. Root lengths on topsoil and no-topsoil treatments . ..........:::::.. 13
Table B-3. Competing plant cover on topsoil and no-topsoil treatments. .. 14
Table B-4. Mycorrhizal colonization on topsoi-treatment ..................... 16
1 Table B-5. Mycorrhizal colonization on no-topsoil treatment ...:::::::::::::.. 16
Table C-1. Study species and type of mycorrhizal association. .. 19
LIST OF FIGURES
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Figure
B-1. ............................... .
Shrub survival by treatment.. .
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Figure B-2. Overall survival over time . ................................... 15
Figure B-3. Gambel's oak survival over time ............................... 15
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Figure B-4. Chokecherry survival over time ................................ 15
Figure B-5. Serviceberry survival over time ................................ 15
' Figure C-1. Shrub survival by inoculation treatment . ....................... 20
Figure C-2. Colonization rates by treatment ................................ 21