J.A. Franklin and D.S. Buckley Presented at ASMR, June 2, 2013 Laramie, WY Factors influencing the Establishment of Volunteer Vegetation on Quarry Overburden.

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J.A. Franklin and D.S. Buckley Presented at ASMR, June 2, 2013 Laramie, WY Factors influencing the Establishment of Volunteer Vegetation on Quarry Overburden

Forestry Reclamation Approach Recommends seeding tree- compatible ground cover, and creating soil conditions that promote the establishment of native volunteer vegetation.

Tested extensively on reclaimed coal mines in the eastern US for establishing forest. Challenges in the eastern US: Rapid development of vegetation can compete with tree seedlings Forestry Reclamation Approach

Challenges in Tennessee: Rill development Invasive species – both woody and herbaceous Forestry Reclamation Approach

Challenges in Tennessee: Alkaline substrate – naturally occurring (pH is typical), due to overuse of lime, or both. Native soil pH is 3.5 – 6. Favorable for many agronomic species. Forestry Reclamation Approach

Challenges in Tennessee: Lack of topsoil. Nitrogen must be applied. Forestry Reclamation Approach Unfertilized 200 lb./acre N

Demonstrate the use of the FRA outside of coal mine reclamation Test how the establishment of volunteer vegetation, both native and non-native, is related to: 1)Macrotopography created by different overburden placement techniques 2)Distance from intact forest 3)Nitrogen fertilization 4)Lime application Project objectives:

Study site: Roger’s Quarry, Oak Ridge, TN University of Tennessee Forest Resources and Education Center

Overburden being removed from center background, valley fill in center foreground

End-dumped overburden over compacted base Established in May 2009

Soil properties P 0.4 % K 54.2 ppm Ca 3626 Mg 1854 Zn 17.3 Cu 0.4 Fe 3.7 Mn 29.5 Na 18.7 N BDL Kg/ha pH % > 2mm 26% sand 2% silt 6% clay 0.7% organic

3 blocks, based on shading from adjacent forest Graded Un-graded (46.78 L/Ha) 400 Kg/Ha 100 Kg/Ha

white oak shortleaf pine American Chestnut (Quercus alba) (Pinus echinata) (Castanea dentata) No ground cover was seeded Trees were planted 1 species per sub-plot

Invasive woody species

Line transects to quantify cover in 2010 and 2011Measurements

Soil pH of each plot was tested two times per year. After 1 year there was no longer an effect of lime on pH, and it was re-applied in May Soil temperature and soil moisture at 15 mm depth were measured twice per month during the 2010Measurements growing season The distance from each plot to forest edge was measured

General linear model to test for main effects of lime treatment, fertilizer treatment, grading, and aspect (ungraded plots only), on the percentage of ground cover and number of colonizing species. Interactions were tested where main effects were significant. Linear regression was used to test the some of the parameters measured such as the number of colonizer species, microtopography and distance to the forest edge.Analysis

Effect of lime application on the number of volunteer species per plot after 1 growing season There was no effect of lime application on volunteer colonization of graded plots

Effect of lime application on the number of volunteer species per plot after 1 growing season

Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara ) Tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima ) Sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis ) Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) Green foxtail (Setaria viridis) More non-native species were present on plots with a low fertilization rate

Fireweed (Erechtites hieracifolia) Goldenrod (Solidago species) Yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) More native species were present on plots with a higher fertilization rate

Effect of aspect on volunteer establishment on un-graded plots

Colonization with respect to distance from intact forest, graded plots

Higher fertilization rates promote the establishment of native species. Intact forest appears to be an important source of volunteer seeds of early successional species, even though the forest is dominated by later successional species. The effect of the forest edge has become more pronounced over time. Conclusions

Acknowledgements Veronica de Lima Neibles Richard Evans, UT-FREC Roger’s Group – funding and site prep Beth Aubuchon, Adam Klobucar, Aju Sahadevan