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Native Ground Cover Restoration

Description of the Native Ground Cover Restoration project.

The Terrestrial Habitat Conservation and Restoration section began a program of restoring degraded habitat, pasture, and agricultural lands to native ground cover in order to increase habitat for wildlife.  Monitoring is conducted to determine the efficacy of restoring these areas to native ground cover vegetation. Restoration depends on the complete removal of exotic grasses. This is accomplished by disking the ground and applying multiple herbicide treatments. Removal treatments are followed by the establishment of native vegetation by planting seeds collected from a donor site.  Success of the project is evaluated on several factors including how well the native vegetation grows, the success in removing exotic vegetation, and encroachment of bahiagrass at the edges of restored areas.

 

Map of the Hilochee Native Ground Cover Restoration site.
Map of the Hilochee Native Ground Cover Restoration site.

 

Map of the Half Moon Native Ground Cover Restoration site.
Map of the Half Moon Native Ground Cover Restoration site.

 

Map of the OK Slough Native Ground Cover Restoration site.
Map of the OK Slough Native Ground Cover Restoration site.

 

Map of the Three Lakes Native Ground Cover Restoration site.
Map of the Three Lakes Native Ground Cover Restoration site.

 

Three Lakes WMA donor site where native seed is collected.
Three Lakes WMA donor site where native seed is collected.

 

Hilochee WMA Native Ground Cover Restoration site.
Hilochee WMA Native Ground Cover Restoration site.

 

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