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Table 8. Total plant cover <strong>of</strong> Fall plantings at Hazelton<br />

with and without fertilizer, seeded with various<br />

mixtures, and treatment combinations.<br />

Treatment<br />

Hazelton<br />

Sep-03<br />

Hazelton<br />

Sep-04<br />

Fertilizer ---------%---------<br />

Fertilized 89* 96<br />

Unfertilized<br />

Seed Mix<br />

83 97<br />

DOH 87 96<br />

DOH-<strong>Native</strong> 84 97<br />

½ DOH-<strong>Native</strong> 85 98<br />

<strong>Native</strong> 86 96<br />

Control<br />

Interactions<br />

88 97<br />

DOH Fertilized 90 95<br />

DOH Unfertilized 83 98<br />

DOH-<strong>Native</strong> Fertilized 90 97<br />

DOH-<strong>Native</strong> Unfertilized 78 97<br />

½ DOH-<strong>Native</strong> Fertilized 83 98<br />

½ DOH-<strong>Native</strong> Unfertilized 88 98<br />

<strong>Native</strong> Fertilized 90 95<br />

<strong>Native</strong> Unfertilized 82 97<br />

Control Fertilized 91 97<br />

Control Unfertilized 84 97<br />

*<strong>The</strong>re were no significant differences found.<br />

surveys (Table 30, Appendix). <strong>The</strong> Summer 2003 survey found total cover to be significantly<br />

decreased in plots seeded with a pure DOH seed mix. By Summer 2004 (beginning <strong>of</strong> the third<br />

growing season), significant interactions had been reduced to unfertilized DOH plots having less<br />

total cover than fertilized DOH plots.<br />

Seeded <strong>Native</strong> Plant Cover<br />

<strong>The</strong> ground cover contributed by the seeded natives was minimal at all sites until 2004. <strong>The</strong><br />

<strong>Native</strong> plots had the highest seeded native coverages. <strong>The</strong> Parkersburg site had the highest<br />

seeded native coverages in spite <strong>of</strong> the hydro-seeding, and Hazelton had the lowest. Fertilizer<br />

was not found to be significant across sites, treatments and years. No significant differences<br />

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