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Equipment settings for cleaning seeds of smooth cord grass Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

Abstract:

USDA NRCS Cape May Plant Materials Center has successfully utilized an agricultural combine for cleaning seeds of smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora Loisel. [Poaceae]). Large-scale conservation and restoration efforts will benefit when this technique can be cost effectively implemented.

Issue & Pages:

Spring 2007 Pages: 69-73

Article Download:

7-3NPJ315-323.pdf (PDF document)

Authors:

  • William Skaradek
  • Noel Murray
  • Melissa Alvarez

Keywords:

seed cleaning, shoreline erosion control, tidal marsh restoration