Developing wetland rehabilitation techniques similar to standard upland practices will elevate the rehabilitation and restoration of disturbed wetlands to an accepted standard practice. Direct seeding will be the answer. Availability of Seed Establishing wetland vegetation with seed is, at times, not practical due to geotechnical problems such as water depth. The most common reason cited for not using seed is lack of supply. For small sites, nursery production and hand collection can usually accommodate need.
Large areas pose more challenging problems.
Hand collection of seed is often impractical and transplanting can be prohibitively expensive. Directly The long process of releasing plant materials has merit in the fact that materials are tested on a variety of sites and conditions. Time needed for a release is the drawback. Identify and collect seed from species important to regions and common on disturbances. The forces of succession and natural selection prevail.