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Investigations into Cultural Practices to Raise Native Forbs Robert L. Johnson, Val Jo Anderson, Bruce A. Roundy Brigham Young University Acknowledgments Great Basin Native Plant Selection and Increase Project with funding provided by the USDI BLM Great Basin Restoration Initiative
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Investigations into Cultural Practices to Raise Native Forbs Robert L. Johnson, Val Jo Anderson, Bruce A. RoundyBrigham Young University
Acknowledgments Great Basin Native Plant Selection and Increase Project with funding provided by the USDI BLM Great Basin Restoration Initiative through the USDA FS Rocky Mountain Research Station
Objectives • Identify cultural practices that maximize seed yield for select native forbs • plant spacing • mulch
cultural practices paper bare ground plastic weed fabric
Species • Tragopon dubius • Phlox longifolia • Astragalus utahensis • Sphaeralcea coccinea • Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia • Sphaeralcea munroana • Eriogonum ovalifolium
Tragopogon dubius Tragopogon dubius
Conclusions – Lessons Learned S. munroana S. grossulariifolia S. coccinea T. dubius E. ovalifolium P. longifolia A. utahensis