Revegetation of Highway Slopes in the High Desert with Native Plant Seedlings

摘要

Revegetation of highway slopes in the California high desert is being done for erosion control, restoration of wildlife habitat, and improved aesthetics. Objectives are to compare the success of revegetating highway slopes using seedlings from three sources and to evaluate costs. The completed research tasks of species selection, seed collection, seedling propagation, facilities augmentation, and planting seedlings on highway slopes are reported. Four cut slopes along US 395 in Mono and Inyo Counties were planted with 1080 container-grown, native, woody shrubs.