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Planting Configuration Concepts of Using Bridge Crops

Planting Configuration Concepts of Using Bridge Crops as Nurse Trees to Reclaim Clay Settling Pond Areas. Common Purpose Institute Natural Resource Planning Services October, 2003. Cogon Grass Control through Herbicide.

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Planting Configuration Concepts of Using Bridge Crops

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  1. Planting Configuration Concepts of Using Bridge Crops as Nurse Trees to Reclaim Clay Settling Pond Areas Common Purpose Institute Natural Resource Planning Services October, 2003

  2. Cogon Grass Control through Herbicide “In areas other than closed-canopy forests or plantations, where cogon grass survives poorly due to shading . . . . infestations are treated by relatively costly, laborious, and repetitive control measures.” “Impacts on non-target species from herbicide applications are often severe, creating disturbances that allow for the re-invasion by cogon grass or secondary invasions by other weedy species.” Dr. Shilling and Gaffney University of Florida/IFAS Bridge Crops – A Better Way Technically and Economically?

  3. Using Energy Crop Trees as Bridge Crops To return CSAs to Native Uplands -- Creating a “Market Cash Flow Engine” to Fund Restoration (1) Native Cypress Upland (2) Clay Settling Pond (4) Tree Farm Bridge Crops (3) Cogongrass Prairie Our Bridge Crops stabilize Sites by controlling Cogon (shading) and also build Soil Quality to support Natives

  4. Eucalyptus Mulch/Timber ? Logging/ Harvesting Access Path (5 yr. Harvest Cycle) 2’5” 2’5” Native Trees Eucalyptus/ Cottonwoods Energy Crops Logging/ Harvesting Access Path (3 yr. Harvest Cycle)

  5. Eucalyptus Mulch/Timber ? Logging/ Harvesting Access Path (5 yr. Harvest Cycle) 2’5” 2’5” Native Flora not touched by Harvest Equipment Eucalyptus/ Cottonwoods Energy Crops Logging/ Harvesting Access Path (3 yr. Harvest Cycle)

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