The Use of Native Plants for Revegetation along West Virginia ...

Table 18. Total plant cover and seeded native cover of
Fall plantings at Elkins with and without fertilizer,
seeded with various mixtures, and treatment
combinations, September 2004.
Treatment Total
33
Seeded
Native
Fertilizer ---------%---------
Fertilized 57 a* 2 a
Unfertilized 42 b 6 a
Disturbance
Control 55 a 0 b
Seed 60 a 1 b
Mow 55 a 0 b
Till 42 b 6 a
Herbicide 37 b 11 a
Interactions
Contol Fertilized 61 a 0 b
Control Unfertilized 50 ac 0 b
Seed Fertilized 68 a 0 b
Seed Unfertilized 51 ac 2 b
Mow Fertilized 68 a 0 b
Mow Unfertilized 43 bc 0 b
Till Fertilized 47 bc 1 b
Till Unfertilized 38 bc 12 a
Herbicide Fertilized 44 bc 8 a
Herbicide Unfertilized 30 b 15 a
*Treatments within main effects (fertilizer, disturbance,
or interactions) and within columns (sites) with the
same letter are not significantly different (p=0.05).
Seeded Native Plant Cover
Percent cover contributed by the seeded natives was minimal at all sites until the second
growing season (2004). In 2003, seeded native cover was greatest at 16% in Tilled and
Herbicide treated plots at the Elkins site, while in 2004 it had increased to 30-45% in the same
plots. Fertilizer had no significant effect on seeded native cover, but disturbance did. While
having the lowest total plant cover, the Tilled and Herbicide treated plots consistently had the
highest cover contributed by the seeded natives (14% and 15%, respectively).