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Vegetation development on moorland after control of Pteridium aquilinum with asulam
Author(s) -
Pakeman Robin J.,
Marrs Rob H.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of vegetation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1654-1103
pISSN - 1100-9233
DOI - 10.2307/3235839
Subject(s) - moorland , pteridium aquilinum , revegetation , vegetation (pathology) , banksia , plant litter , microsite , environmental science , grassland , calluna , litter , ecology , forestry , agronomy , seedling , agroforestry , geography , biology , woodland , ecological succession , ecosystem , medicine , fern , pathology
. A range of moorland sites in the North York Moors National Park were surveyed where Pteridium aquilinum has been sprayed once with the herbicide asulam between 1 and 7 yr before. The regeneration of both P. aquilinum and the moorland vegetation were studied. The latter was variable and much slower than reported for lowland grassland or heathland, with a large proportion of the developing plant cover consisting of mosses, especially Campylopus introflexus. This slow rate of revegetation was primarily due to the paucity of micro‐sites offered for germination in dense P. aquilinum litter, the poor establishment of seedlings in this litter and its slow breakdown. The consequences of this slow and variable development of vegetation to moorland restoration are discussed.