Native grass hydroseed development : establishment protocols for three native Hawaiian plants on roadside areas.

Details

• Creators:
  DeFrank, Joseph ; Baldos, Orville ; Lukas, Scott
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Hawaii at Manoa. Dept. of Tropical Plant and Soil Science
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Native plants
  • Grasses
  • Roadside flora
  • Landscaping
  • Seeding
  • Weed control
  • Handbooks
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/HI-15-54469
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Hawaii
• Corporate Publisher:
  Hawaii. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The biggest mistake with using native plants on Hawaii’s roadways is to assume that native plants do not require ; nutrient enhancement or supplemental water to establish on these sites. The establishment of native plants will ; require a detailed analysis of the site in terms of access to irrigation water, established weeds and other ground ; covers as well as suitability to a mixture of desired native plants in the final landscape setting. This document ; provides protocols that start with proper preplant site preparation to purge weedy species and leave the site with a ; depleted capability to repopulate with undesirable vegetation. This is followed by planting and establishment ; techniques of pili grass (Heteropogon contortus), akiaki (Sporobolus virginicus) and mauu akiaki (Fimbristylis ; cymosa). The protocols provided in this planting handbook were developed with the understanding that ; contractors have a defined period to finish a job and that many challenges exist in establishing a persistent ; landscape composed of native Hawaiian plants.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  54469
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29185/dot_29185_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 337.06 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:182080125daec5501afda5bdff830d02745d460587ff31e2b5d50c1c2c364fc3