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| Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
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| Author(s): | Gould, Micah A.;
Kowalewski, Alexander R.;
Lambrinos, John;
Stock, Tim |
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| Author Affiliation: | Gould: Oregon State University - Horticulture, Corvallis, OR; Kowalewski and Lambrinos: Horticulture, Oregon State University - Horticulture, Corvallis, OR; Stock: Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR |
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| Title: | Low maintenance ground covers for Pacific Northwest municipalities |
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| Section: | Turfgrass ecology and management (student competition)
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| Meeting Info.: | Phoenix, Arizona: November 6-9, 2016 |
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| Source: | ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meetings. 2016, p. 100509. |
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| Publishing Information: | [Milwaukee, Wisconsin]: [American Society of Agronomy and the Entomological Society of America] |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Agrostis tenuis; Cost efficiency; Euonymus fortunei; Festuca rubra subsp. commutata; Festuca rubra subsp. rubra; Low maintenance; Mowing; Percent living ground cover
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| Cultivar Names: | Chantilly; Puritan; Longfellow |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Ornamental landscapes can require considerable amounts of management related inputs, including irrigation, mowing or pruning, fertilization, and pest management. Reducing these inputs can have considerable benefits, particularly for municipalities that have limited budgets devoted to landscape maintenance. The objective of this study was to identify ground covers that can compete with weeds and maintain aesthetic qualities with minimal maintenance. In May 2015 we initiated a field experiment in Corvallis, OR to evaluate the performance of several putative low-maintenance ground cover species under two levels of mowing. The Experimental design was a randomized complete split-block with ground covers (10 species), and mowing (mowed or control) as factors. Selection of study plant species was informed using input from a municipal landscape manager stakeholder group and included three turfgrasses, Agrostis capillaris L. 'Puritan', Festuca rubra L. ssp. commutata 'Chantilly', and Festuca rubra L. ssp. rubra 'Longfellow 3', and 7 herbaceous and woody perennials: Sedum spurium M. Bieb 'Tri-color', Euonymus fortunei (Turcz.) Hand.-Maz. 'Kewensis', Juniperus horizontalis Moench 'Blue Chip', Herniaria glabra L., Vinca minor L. 'Bowles', Cotoneaster dammeri C.K. Schneid, and Ceanothus gloriosus J.T.Howell 'Point Reyes'. Mowing occurred monthly at 10 cm; plant material was bagged and removed. Plots were not irrigated or fertilized after establishment, and are weeded once annually. Response variables included percent cover (0-100%) of desired plant, weeds, and bare soil. A. capillaris, as well as F. rubra 'Chantilly' and 'Longfellow 3' had the highest percent of plant cover (83%, 76% and 74%, respectively), followed by S. spurium which provided 52% cover. Mowing did not affect percent plant or weed ground cover. Our preliminary results suggest that turf is the most cost effective, low maintenance tolerable ground cover for municipal landscapes." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | See also related article "Low-maintenace ground covers for Pacific Northwest municipalities" Golf Course Management, 85(11) November 2017, p. 79, R=292094. R=292094 |
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| Note: | This item is an abstract only!
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Gould, M. A., A. R. Kowalewski, J. Lambrinos, and T. Stock. 2016. Low maintenance ground covers for Pacific Northwest municipalities. Agron. Abr. p. 100509. |
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