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Increasing Woody Species Diversity for Sustainable Limestone Quarry Reclamation in Canada

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  • Anayansi C. Cohen-Fernandez

    (Department of Renewable Resources, 751 General Services Building, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1, Canada)

  • M. Anne Naeth

    (Department of Renewable Resources, 751 General Services Building, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H1, Canada)

Abstract

Environmental sustainability of post mined limestone quarries often requires reclamation to a diverse woody plant community. Woody species diversity may be severely limited if only nursery stock is relied on for propagation material; thus other sources must be evaluated. To address woody species establishment and survival from different propagule sources at a limestone quarry in western Canada, native trees (4) and shrubs (3) were seeded and transplanted into amended substrates (wood shavings, clean fill, unamended control) in two seasons (spring, fall). Plant sources were nursery stock, local forest wildlings, seeds and forest soil (LFH mineral soil mix). Plant emergence, survival, height, health and browsing were evaluated over four years. Survival was greater with fall transplanted seedlings than with spring transplanted. Survival was greater for Picea glauca, Pseudotsuga menziesii and Populus tremuloides from nursery than local source stock. Seedlings from seeds and LFH did not survive for any of the species. Growth and survival were affected by bighorn sheep. Amendments did not improve plant establishment. Diversity of the woody plant community was increased at the quarry in spite of the severe conditions.

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  • Anayansi C. Cohen-Fernandez & M. Anne Naeth, 2013. "Increasing Woody Species Diversity for Sustainable Limestone Quarry Reclamation in Canada," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 5(3), pages 1-16, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:5:y:2013:i:3:p:1340-1355:d:24414
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    1. Bohuslava Gregorová & Pavel Hronček & Dana Tometzová & Mário Molokáč & Vladimír Čech, 2020. "Transforming Brownfields as Tourism Destinations and Their Sustainability on the Example of Slovakia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(24), pages 1-28, December.
    2. Yueshu Yang & Daxiang Liu & Hai Xiao & Jiangang Chen & Yu Ding & Dong Xia & Zhenyao Xia & Wennian Xu, 2019. "Evaluating the Effect of the Ecological Restoration of Quarry Slopes in Caidian District, Wuhan City," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(23), pages 1-16, November.

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