Roadside use of native plants / edited by Bonnie L. Harper-Lore, Maggie Wilson ; Water and Ecosystems Team, Office of Natural Environment, Federal Highway Adminstration.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harper-Lore, Bonnie.

Wilson, Maggie, 1948-

United States. Office of Natural Environment. Water and Ecosystem Team.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roadside plants--United States.

Roadside plants.

Natural landscaping--United States.

Natural landscaping.

United States.

Native plants for cultivation--United States.

Native plants for cultivation.

Physical Description:

665 pages, 52 unnumbered pages of plates : maps (some color) ; 22 cm

Edition:

Facsim. Island Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 2000.

Summary:

Originally published by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Office of Natural Environment to promote the planting and care of native plants along highway rights-of-way, this unique handbook provides managers of roadsides and adjacent lands with the information and background they need to make site-specific decisions about what kinds of native plants to use, and addresses basic techniques and misconceptions about using native plants. It brings together in a single volume a vast array of detailed information that has, until now, been scattered and difficult to find. The book opens with eighteen short essays on principles of ecological restoration and management from leading experts in the field including Reed F. Noss, J. Baird Callicott, Peggy Olwell, and Evelyn Howell. Following that is the heart of the book, more than 500 pages of comprehensive state-by-state listings that offer: - a colour map for each state with natural vegetations zones clearly marked - comprehensive lists of native plants, broken down by type of plant (grasses, forbs, trees, etc.) and including both scientific and common names, with each list having been verified for c

Contents:

pt. 1. Roadside restoration and management essays

Defining a native plant / Larry E. Morse, Jil M. Swearingen, and John M. Randall

Preserving roadside habitats / Margaret Olwell

Explaining plant communities / Evelyn A. Howell

Designing roadsides with native plants / Darrel G. Morrison

Incorporating grasses into clear zones / Bonnie L. Harper-Lore

Specifying a native planting plan / Bonnie L. Harper-Lore

Working with succession / William A. Niering

Integrating all the management tools / Kirk Henderson

Implementing prescribed burns / Wayne R. Pauly

Controlling the spread of weeds / Ira Bickford

Gaining public support / Bill Johnson

Restoring grassland ecosystems / Reed F. Noss

Utilizing the ecotype concept / Wayne G. McCully

Choosing non-invasive plant materials / John M. Randall and Sarah Riechard

Pulling together / Randy Westbrooks

Reassessing beautification / Bonnie L. Harper-Lore

Introducing a roadside land ethic / J. Baird Callicot and Gary K. Lore

pt. 2. Plant and resource lists.

Notes:

Originally published: Washington, D.C : Federal Highway Administration, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 610-617).

ISBN:

1559638370

OCLC:

44573404