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| Web URL(s): | http://fshs.org/proceedings-o/1994-vol-107/194-196%20(ROBINSON).pdf
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Robinson, M. LaRue;
Schultz, Ursula E. |
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| Author Affiliation: | University of Florida, Pinellas County Cooperative Extension Service; former Horticulture Technician for project |
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| Title: | New introductions of drought tolerant plant materials for parking lots and highway medians |
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| Meeting Info.: | Orlando, FL, October 30-November 1, 1994 |
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| Source: | Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society. Vol. 107, 1994, p. 194-196. |
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| Publishing Information: | Tallahassee, FL: Florida State Horticulture Society |
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| # of Pages: | 3 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Drought; Methodology; Roadside turf; Irrigation; Environmental control; Drought resistance; Parking lots; Water conservation; Resistance
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| Geographic Terms: | Pinellas County, FL |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Parking lots are among the most difficult areas for successful cultivation of trees and shrubs. At the same time, there can be situations where large amounts of water are wasted due to the frequent need of irrigation demanded by the plants used in these narrow beds. Another problem is the high pH of soils associated with the use of limestone in parking lot construction, ranging from 6.7 to 8.3, averaging 7.6. There are plants which grow naturally in regions of this country as well as other countries that tolerate high pH, drought and cold weather. Selections could be made from those plants for these difficult situations. Some plants native to areas such as Southern Texas, Northern Mexico and Southern California are also cold tolerant to the West Central Florida climate. They are tolerant to high temperatures, high pH and high humidity. After the plants were established, water was turned off and the plants were left with only weeding and mulching and fertilizing twice a year. Plants were evaluated at the end of one year in the landscape. Findings indicate that many of the plants already available, if appropiately used, will do well in parking lots under low irrigation. Many new plant introductions from other areas of the country should be considered and grown under parking lot conditions as they will do very well. In addition, there are still more plants that need to be researched and introduced." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Figures |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Robinson, M. L., and U. E. Schultz. 1994. New introductions of drought tolerant plant materials for parking lots and highway medians. p. 194-196. In Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society. Orlando, FL, October 30-November 1, 1994. Tallahassee, FL: Florida State Horticulture Society. |
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