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

Table 20. Seeded native 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 3 13 a 1
Unfertilized
Disturbance
5 15 a
Control 0 0 b
Seed 3 1 b
Mow 3 8 b
Till 9 31 a
Herbicide
Interactions
5 31 a
Contol Fertilized 0 0 c
Control Unfertilized 0 0 c
Seed Fertilized 6 3 bc
Seed Unfertilized 0 0 c
Mow Fertilized 0 5 bc
Mow Unfertilized 5 10 b
Till Fertilized 5 25 a
Till Unfertilized 13 36 a
Herbicide Fertilized 5 31 a
Herbicide Unfertilized 5 31 a
*No significant differences were found for the September
2003 survey.
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Treatments within main effects (fertilizer, seed mix, or
interactions) and within columns (sites) with the same
letter are not significantly different (p=0.05).
Mowed plots close behind at 32% and 30%, respectively (Table 21). For Fall established plots at
Elkins, Herbicide treated plots and unfertilized Tilled plots had significantly higher seeded native
cover compared to all other treatment combinations (Table 18). Fall established fertilized Tilled
plots also had significantly lower seeded native cover (1% versus 16%).
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