Vegetation plays a key role in decreasing soil detachment and transport from projectsites. Vegetation promotes long-term protection of the soil surface via leaf cover and rootestablishment, provides a viable alternative to many synthetic means of erosion control,increases biodiversity, and supplies aesthetic value to sites. However, native vegetation canbe a challenge to establish in disturbed soils. Successful establishment relies on propermoisture availability, appropriate nutrient levels, adequate soil structure, and suitable plantingtechniques.The California Department of Transportation, Office of Landscape (Caltrans), and theOffice of Water Programs, California State University, Sacramento (OWP), conducted a studywith the staff at the Erosion Research Facility at California Polytechnic State University, SanLuis Obispo (Cal Poly) testing the performance of various planting techniques. This study
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