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Factors Related To The Occurrence Of Certain Prairie Graminoid Species In Black Hawk County, Iowa, Roadsides, Pauline Mary Drobney
Factors Related To The Occurrence Of Certain Prairie Graminoid Species In Black Hawk County, Iowa, Roadsides, Pauline Mary Drobney
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The native vegetation of Iowa was primarily tallgrass prairie and currently exists only in small isolated parcels, including some remnants occurring in roadsides. Roadside prairie remnants are important for historical, environmental, aesthetic, scientific, and economic reasons. Information about factors influencing the occurrance of roadside prairie vegetation could be useful to roadside vegetation managers in development of initial vegetation surveys and subsequent to restoration of roadside prairie vegetation.
This study was conducted to determine what factors most affected the percent coverage of prairie graminoids in roadsides; particularly soil moisture availability, drainage, soil disturbance, and availability of a prairie seed sources. Prairie …