Hydroseeding on anthracite coal-mine spoils

Miroslaw M. Czapowskyj; Ross Writer

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Hydroseeding on anthracite coal-mine spoils

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Miroslaw M. Czapowskyj, Ross Writer

Year:

1970

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-124. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 8p.

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Abstract

A study was made of the performance of selected species of legumes, grasses, and trees hydroseeded on anthracite coal-mine spoils in a slurry of lime, fertilizer, and mulch. Hydroseeding failed on coal-breaker refuse, but was partially successful on strip-mine spoils.

Citation

Czapowskyj, Miroslaw M.; Writer, Ross. 1970. Hydroseeding on anthracite coal-mine spoils. Research Note NE-124. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 8p.