Response of vegetation to various mulches used in surface mine reclamation in Alabama and Kentucky
Subtitle: 7-year case history.
Contributors: Curtis, Willie R.; Crews, Jerry T.
Publisher: United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Broomall, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: Mine spoils -- Alabama.; Mine spoils -- Kentucky.; Groundwater flow.; Runoff.; Mulching.
Description:   Two mine spoils were treated with mulches of bark, hardwood chips, straw, hay, hydromulch and one mulch combination of hydromulch and petroset SB emulsion.  Discharge, erosion, groundwater and runoff were monitored.  The hardwood-chip mulch yielded the best cover seven years after planting.  The other site was not greatly influenced by the treatments.
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