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Table 16. Total plant cover of Spring plantings at
Buckhannon with and without fertilizer, seeded
with various mixtures, and treatment combinations.
Treatment
Buckhannon
Sep-03
Buckhannon
Sep-04
Fertilizer ---------%---------
Fertilized 69 a* 76 a
Unfertilized
Disturbance
66 a 75 a
Control 89 a 84 a
Seed 88 a 89 a
Mow 82 a 88 a
Till 39 b 57 b
Herbicide
Interactions
41 b 57 b
Contol Fertilized 87 ab 86 a
Control Unfertilized 91 a 83 a
Seed Fertilized 88 ab 85 a
Seed Unfertilized 88 ab 93 a
Mow Fertilized 90 a 91 a
Mow Unfertilized 74 b 85 a
Till Fertilized 43 c 53 b
Till Unfertilized 36 c 60 b
Herbicide Fertilized 40 c 63 b
Herbicide Unfertilized 42 c 51 b
*Treatments within main effects (fertilizer, disturbance,
or interactions) and within columns (sites) with the
same letter are not significantly different (p=0.05).
cover averages). Fertilized Seeded and Herbicide treated plots had the lowest total cover
averages at 74% and 79%, respectively.
Buckhannon. Trends were similar for all surveys of the Buckhannon site (Table 16).
Control, Mowed, and Seeded plots had significantly higher total cover averages than Herbicide
treated and Tilled plots. Both fertilized and unfertilized Herbicide treated and Tilled plots were
not significantly different from one another, nor were the fertilized Control, Mowed, and Seeded
plots.
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