Modified Brush Layers for Dry Slopes
Shows modified brush layering for dry, stony slopes: install supports and cuttings, backfill and create planting pockets. It includes a 1996 slope failure and 1997 growth example.
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Source: Segment MBL new. Slides by David Polster; individual image and diagram credits remain in the presentation. This video includes the complete supplied deck. It is an archive slideshow, not a recording of the spoken conference session.
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So what can we do with dry sites where rolling stones are preventing vegetation growth?
Pulled back road fills.
Modified brush layers
Modified brush layer
Install supports and board or log
Install cuttings
Backfill
Looking down the slope – no path for rolling stones (so we can get satisfaction!)
Cuttings remain exposed even when bench is full
Useful for vegetation establishment
Green side up…
Can cover large areas with MBLs
Changes conditions for vegetation growth
Starts successional processes
Assists the recovery of damaged ecosystem
Allows vegetation establishment under harsh conditions
Three different species in this MBL.
Can treat large areas
Provides pockets to capture fines
Open slope failure down to basal till, July 31, 1996
Vegetation becoming established, August 23, 1997