ROADSIDE REVEGETATION

An Integrated Approach to Establishing Native Plants and Pollinator Habitat

Index

Index

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A

Amended ditches 5.2.8
Amended Ditches
Aspect - effect on vegetation 3.8.3
Aspect
Aspect - how to measure 3.8.3
Aspect
Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies (AOSCA) 3.13.2
Genetic Variation

B

Bee abundance - monitoring procedures 6.4.1
Bee and butterfly diversity - monitoring procedures 6.4.2
Beneficial microorganisms 5.2.7
Beneficial Soil Organisms
Beneficial microorganisms - mycorrhizae 5.2.7
What are Mycorrhizae?
Beneficial microorganisms - nitrogen fixers 5.2.7
Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria
Biochar 5.2.5
Biochar and Black Carbon
Bioengineering - see Biotechnical Engineering
Biological control - for weed control 7.3.7
Bioretention swales (bioswale) 5.2.8
Amended Ditches
Biosolids 5.2.1
biosolids
Biosolids - Class A 5.2.1
Class A Biosolids
Biosolids - Class B 5.2.1
Class B Biosolids
Biotechnical engineering 5.2.8
Biotechnical Engineering Structures
Black carbon 5.2.5
Biochar and Black Carbon
Blading - effects on plants and pollinators 3.11.9
Annual roadside maintenance

C

C:N Ratios 5.2.5
Carbon-to-Nitrogen Ratio 3.8.4
Carbon to Nitrogen Ratio (C:N Ratios)
Carbon sequestration 3.11.10
Clear zones 3.11.2
Maintain clear zones 3.11.7
CMA Program 6.3.1
Sampling Soil Cover using Digital Photographs
       and the Cover Monitoring Assistant (CMA) Program

Compaction 3.8.2
Soil Structure
Compaction - how to assess 3.8.2
How to assess soil structure
Compaction - how to mitigate 5.2.2
Shatter Compacted Soils
Compost - about 5.2.5
Composted Organic Matter
Compost - application rates 5.2.5
Determine Application Rate
Compost - compost blankets 3.8.4
Apply Composts to Soil Surface 5.2.3
Seed Covering 5.4.1
Seeding with Compost Blanket
Compost - Composting Council 5.2.4
Compost
Compost - production 5.2.5
Composted Organic Matter
Compost - see also Mulch and Organic Matter Amendments
Compost - specifications 5.2.4
Compost
Compost - Test Methods for the Examination of Composting and Compost 5.2.4
(TMECC)
Compost
Compost - The Seal of Testing Assurance Program (STA) 5.2.5
Organic Matter Amendments
Comprehensive species list 3.6.1
Vegetation Field Assessment
Confidence intervals 6.3.7
Confidence intervals - how to calculate 6.3.7
Calculating Confidence Intervals
Connectivity - Landscape 3.9.6
Context Sensitive Solutions (CCS) 2.3.1
Cuttings - collecting in the wild 5.3.2
Locate Cutting Areas
Cuttings - cutting production 5.3.5
What are Stooling Beds
Cuttings - determine cutting needs 5.3.2
Determine Cutting Needs
Cuttings - growing in a nursery 5.3.5
What are Stooling Beds
Cuttings - installation methods 5.4.3
Cuttings - rooting potential 5.3.2
Determine Rooting Potential
Cuttings - see live stakes
Cuttings - stooling beds 5.3.5
What are Stooling Beds
Cuttings - storing 5.3.2
Long-Term Storage
Cuttings - suitable species 5.3.2
Species 5.3.5
Select Species Suitable for Stooling Beds
Cuttings - survival potential 5.3.2
Determine Survival Potential
Cuttings - types 5.3.5
Select the Type of Cutting Material
Cuttings - when to collect 5.3.2
Date of Collection

D

Debris slides 3.8.6
Deicing 3.11.9
Deicing for Winter Safety
Deicing - effects on plant growth 3.11.9
Deicing for Winter Safety
Deicing - effects on plants and soil 3.8.4
Salts 3.11.9
Deicing for Winter Safety
Deicing - effects on pollinators 3.9.7
Roadside Contamination
Desired future condition (DFC) 3.7
DFC target 3.7
Dispersed sampling areas - how to monitor 6.3.6
Dispersed Areas
Drip irrigation - installing 5.5.5
Drip Irrigation
Dry ravel - see also erosion 3.8.5
Slope Gradient

E

Ecological abundance 3.6.1
Ecological amplitude 3.6.1
Ecological setting 3.6.1
Ecoregional Revegetation Assistant (ERA) 3.3.3
Ecoregional Revegetation Application (ERA)
Ecoregions 3.3.3
Ecoregions and Seed Zones
Ecosystem maps 3.3.3
Ecoregions and Seed Zones
Electrical conductivity 3.8.4
How to Assess Salts
Evapotranspiration gates 3.8.3
Expandable stinger - see also planting tools 5.4.4
Expandable Stinger 5.4.3

F

Fertilizer - about 5.2.1
Fertilizers
Fertilizer - analysis 5.2.1
Select Fertilizer Analysis
Fertilizer - application methods 5.2.1
Select Fertilizer Application Method
Fertilizer - application rates 5.2.1
Determine Application Rate
Fertilizer - effect on plant establishment 3.11.4
Avoid applying nitrogen in the first year
Fertilizer - effects on seed germination 5.4.2
Fertilizers
Fertilizer - fast-release 5.2.1
Select Fertilizer Release Rates
Fertilizer - inorganic 5.2.1
Select Fertilizer Release Rates
Fertilizer - micronutrients 3.8.1
Nutrients
Fertilizer - organic 5.2.1
Select Fertilizer Release Rates
Fertilizer - slow-release 5.2.1
Select Fertilizer Release Rates
Fertilizer - spot placement 5.2.1
Select Fertilizer Analysis
Fertilizer - timing of application 5.2.1
Determining Timing and Frequency
Fertilizer label 5.2.1
Select Fertilizer Analysis
Fertilizer release rates 5.2.1
Select Fertilizer Release Rates
Fertilizer salts 5.2.1
Fast-Release Fertilizer
Final Stabilization Regulation 2.3.2
Intermediate Stage
Fire - effects on pollinators 7.3.6
Fire - for control of roadside vegetation 7.3.6
Fire - practices to reduce impacts to pollinators 7.3.6
Floral density - how to monitor 6.3.2
Sampling Species Cover & Floral Density using Digital Photography & CMA
Fragmented habitat - effects on pollinators 3.9.6
Freeze-thaw 3.8.5
Freeze-Thaw

G

Genetic diversity 3.13.2
Genetic variation 3.13.2
Genetic Variation
Grazing - controlling unwanted vegetation 7.3.5
Grazing - effects on pollinators 7.3.5
Grazing - practices to reduce impacts to pollinators 7.3.5

H

Hand weeding - Bradley Method 7.3.3
Hand weeding - effects on pollinators 7.3.3
Hand weeding - tools 7.3.3
Haying - effects on pollinators 7.3.9
Haying - practices to reduce impacts to pollinators 7.3.9
Herbicides - control of roadside vegetation 3.11.6, 7.3.4
Weed Control during Pre-Construction and Construction Activities
Herbicides - effect on pollinators 7.3.4
Herbicides - practices to reduce impacts to pollinators 7.3.4
Hydraulic conductivity 3.8.6
Permeability
Hydromulch - dyes 5.4.2
Select other Slurry Components
Hydromulch - locating a water source 5.4.2
Locate Water Source
Hydromulch - materials 5.4.2
Select Hydraulic Mulch and Determine Rates
Hydromulch - slurry components 5.4.2
Hydromulch - tackifier 5.4.2
Select Tackifier
Hydroseeding 5.4.2
Hydroseeding - application rates 5.4.2
Hydroseeding - contract 5.4.2
Develop Hydroseeding Contract
Hydroseeding - effects on seeds 5.4.2
Determine Seedling Rates
Hydroseeding - equipment 5.4.2
Hydraulic Seeders
Hydroseeding - see seeding

I

Imprinting 5.2.2
Roughen Soil Surfaces 5.4.1
Seeds Pressed into the Soil Surface
Infiltration rates 3.8.1
Infiltration 3.8.5
Infiltration rates - how to improve 3.8.5
Mitigating for Low Infiltration Rates
Infiltration rates - how to measure 3.8.5
Infiltration
Infrastructure Voluntary Evaluation Sustainability Tool (INVEST) 2.3.1
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) 7.1
Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management (IRVM) 3.11.6, 7.1
Post-Construction Weed Control and Vegetation Management
Integrated Vegetation Management (IVM) 3.11.6, 7.1
Post-Construction Weed Control and Vegetation Management
Irrigation - deep pot 5.5.5
Deep Pot Irrigation
Irrigation - drip  5.5.5
Drip Irrigation

L

Landscape connectivity - for pollinator movement 3.9.6
Landslides - debris slides 3.8.6
Landslides - effects of plants on 3.8.6
Soil Strength 5.4.3
Landslides - slumps 3.8.6
Landslides - types 3.8.6
Liming - application methods 5.2.6
Apply Liming Materials
Liming - calcium carbonate equivalent (CCE) 5.2.6
Select Liming Materials
Liming - liming rates 5.2.6
Determine Liming Rates
Liming - materials 5.2.6
Select Liming Materials
Limiting factors - case study 3.12
Limiting factors - on Pollinators 3.9
Limiting factors - Plant Growth 3.8
Linear sampling area - how to monitor 6.3.6
Linear Areas
Live brush layers 5.4.3
Live Brush Layers
Live fascines 5.4.3
Live Fascines
Live pole drains 3.8.6
Mitigating for Restrictive Layers
Live silt fence 3.8.2
Live stakes - about 5.4.3
Live Stakes
Live stakes - collecting 5.3.5
Select the Type of Cutting Material
Live stakes - installing 5.4.3
Live Stakes
Live stakes - see cuttings
Live stakes - storing and preparing 5.4.3
Live Stakes
Local adaptation -locally adapted plants 3.13.2
Genetic Variation

M

Macronutrients 3.8.4
Nutrients
Manufactured topsoil - loam borrow 5.2.1
Microcatchments 5.2.8
Planting Pockets and Microcatchments
Monarch butterflies - host plants 3.9.2
Host Plants
Monarch butterflies - websites 3.3.4
Monarch butterfly reproduction and habitat - monitoring procedures 6.4.3
Monarch Highway 8.1
Monitoring frequency 6.2.4
Monitoring intensity 6.2.2
Monitoring objectives - for compliance 6.3.7
Analysis of Compliance
Monitoring objectives - to determine treatment differences 6.3.7
Analysis of Treatment Differences
Monitoring objectives - to determine trends 6.3.7
Analysis of Trends
Monitoring parameters 6.3
Parameters to be Monitored
Monitoring plan - elements of 6.2
Monitoring procedures - Plants and Soil 6.3
Monitoring procedures - Pollinators 6.4
Monitoring report - elements of 6.6
Mowing in clear zones 7.3.2
Mulch 5.2.3
Mulch - erosion mats 5.2.3
Seedling Mulch
Mulch - Bonded Fiber Matrix 5.4.2
Select Hydraulic Mulch and Determine Rates
Mulch - for seed covering 5.2.3
Seed Covering 5.4.1
Seeding Methods
Mulch - for seedlings 5.2.3
Seedling Mulch
Mulch - hay 5.2.3
Straw and Hay
Mulch - High Performance Growth Media 5.4.2
Select Hydraulic Mulch and Determine Rates
Mulch - hydromulch 5.4.2
Hydromulching
Mulch - litter and duff 5.2.3
Litter and Duff
Mulch - manufactured wood strands 5.2.3
Wood Strands and Wood Wool
Mulch - manure spreader 5.2.3
Shredded Wood 5.2.3
Straw and Hay
Mulch - mitigating for freeze-thaw 3.8.5
Mitigating for Low Infiltration Rates
Mulch - mitigating for surface erosion 3.8.5
Rainfall
Mulch - mitigating for wind erosion 3.8.5
Mitigating for High Winds
Mulch - mulch blowers 5.2.3
Shredded Wood
Mulch - organic aggregate 5.2.3
Seedling Mulch
Mulch - pine straw 5.2.3
Litter and Duff
Mulch - rock mulch 5.2.3
Rock Mulch
Mulch - sheet mulch 5.2.3
Seedling Mulch
Mulch - shredded wood 5.2.3
Shredded Wood
Mulch - straw 5.2.3
Straw and Hay
Mulch - weed-free 3.11.5
Mulch - wood strands 5.2.3
Wood Strands and Wood Wool
Mulch - wood wool 5.2.3
Wood Strands and Wood Wool
Mulch equipment - chippers 5.2.3
Shredded Wood
Mulches - long fibered 5.2.3
Seed Covering
Mulches - short-fibered 5.2.3
Seed Covering
Mycorrhizae - ectomycorrhizal fungi 3.8.2
Mycorrhizal fungi 3.8.2
Mycorrhizal Fungi 5.2.7
What are Mycorrhizae
Mycorrhizal fungi - arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) 3.8.2
Mycorrhizal Fungi 5.2.7
What are Mycorrhizae
Mycorrhizal fungi - Ectomycorrhizae 3.8.2
Mycorrhizal Fungi 5.2.7
What are Mycorrhizae
Mycorrhizal fungi - Ericoid mycorrhizae 3.8.2
Mycorrhizal Fungi 5.2.7
What are Mycorrhizae
Mycorrhizal fungi - sources for arbuscular mycorrhizae 5.2.7
Sources and Application of arbuscular mycorrhizae
Mycorrhizal fungi - sources for ectomycorrhizae 5.2.7
Sources and Application of ectomycorrhizae
Mycorrhizal fungi - specifications 5.2.7
Management Considerations for mycorrhizal fungi

N

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA] 3.3.1
National Pollinator Strategy 1.2.2
Native plants - benefits to pollinators 1.5.3, 1.5.4
Native plants - benefits to the environment 1.1
Why Revegetate with Native Plants? 1.2.5
Native plants - definition 1.5.3
Native plants - policies 1.5.3
Nectar and pollen sources 3.9.1
Nitrogen 3.8.4
Soil Nitrogen and Carbon
Nitrogen - availability 3.8.4
Soil Nitrogen 5.2.1
Select Fertilizer Analysis
Nitrogen - deficits 3.8.4
Nitrogen Thresholds and Deficits
Nitrogen - Extractable 3.8.4
Soil Nitrogen Capital
Nitrogen - mineralizable 3.8.4
Soil Nitrogen Capital
Nitrogen - minimum levels 3.8.4
Minimum Soil Nitrogen levels 5.2.1
Develop Nutrient Thresholds & Determine Deficits
Nitrogen - mitigating for low levels 3.8.4
Minimum Soil Nitrogen levels 5.2.1
Develop Nutrient Thresholds & Determine Deficits
Nitrogen capital 3.8.4
Soil Nitrogen Capital
Nitrogen fertilizers 5.2.1
Select Fertilizer Analysis
Nitrogen fertilizers - application methods 5.2.1
Select Fertilizer Application Method
Nitrogen fertilizers - application rates 3.11.4
Avoid applying nitrogen in the first year 5.2.1
Determine Fertilizer Application Rates
Nitrogen fertilizers - fast release 5.2.1
Fast-Release Fertilizers
Nitrogen fertilizers - slow release 5.2.1
Slow-Release Fertilizers
Nitrogen fertilizers - timing of application 5.2.1
Determine Timing and Frequency
Nitrogen testing 3.8.4
Nitrogen Thresholds and Deficits
How to Access Nutrients
Nitrogen threshold values 3.8.4
Minimum Soil Nitrogen levels 5.2.1
Develop Nutrient Thresholds & Determine Deficits
Nitrogen:Carbon Ratio (C:N) 3.8.4
Soil Nitrogen and Carbon 5.2.1
Carbon-to-Nitrogen Ratio
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria -  inoculation 5.2.7
Inoculating with Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria - commercially available inoculum 5.2.7
Acquiring Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterial Inoculants
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria - Frankia 5.2.7
Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria - Rhizobium 5.2.7
Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria
Nitrogen-fixing plants 5.2.7
Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria
Noxious weeds - control after construction 3.11.6
Post-Construction Weed Control and Vegetation Management
Noxious weeds - control during and before construction 3.11.6
Weed Control during Pre-Construction and Construction Activities
Noxious weeds - control of 7.3
Noxious weeds - decision-making process for treating 7.2
Noxious weeds - developing a vegetation management strategy 3.11
Noxious weeds - establishing a vegetation treatment plan 7.2.4
Noxious weeds - in topsoil 3.10.1
Noxious weeds - inventorying 3.11.6
Noxious weeds - life histories 3.11.6
Understanding the Life History
Noxious weeds - species of concern 3.11.6
Noxious weeds - State-Listed 3.11.6
Noxious weeds - stratifying by weed status 3.11.6
Noxious weeds - vegetatively propagated 3.11.6
Weed Control during Pre-Construction and Construction Activities
Nurseries - how to select 5.3.6
Develop Growing Contract
Nurseries - ordering seedlings 5.3.6
Seedling Orders
Nurseries - see plant production
Nurseries - seedling grading specifications 5.3.6
Grading Specifications
Nutrients - calculating deficits 5.2.1
Develop Nutrient Thresholds and Determine Deficits
Nutrients - micronutrients 3.8.4
Nutrients
Nutrients - thresholds 5.2.1
Develop Nutrient Thresholds & Determine Deficits 3.8.4
Minimum Soil Nitrogen Levels
Nutrients cycling  3.8.4
Nutrient Cycling

O

Organic matter 3.8.4
Site Organic Matter
Organic matter - aged 5.2.5
Aged Organic Matter
Organic matter - analysis 3.8.4
Carbon Analysis
Organic matter - application rates 5.2.5
Determine Application Rate
Organic matter - composted 5.2.5
Composted Organic Matter
Organic matter - fresh 5.2.5
Fresh Organic Matter
Organic matter - mitigating for low levels 3.8.4
Mitigating for Lack of Soil Organic Matter
Organic matter - sources 5.2.5
Organic Sources
Organic matter - types of amendments 5.2.5
Determine Types Of Amendments
Outplanting window - how to determine 3.14.2, 5.4.4

P

Permeability 3.8.6
Permeability
pH 3.8.4
pH - adjusting with lime amendments 5.2.6
pH - effects on plant growth 3.8.4
pH
pH - how to measure 3.8.4
How to Access pH
pH - mitigating for high pH soils 3.8.4
Mitigating for High pH Soils
pH - mitigating for low pH soils 3.8.4
Mitigating for Low pH Soils
pH - pH map of US 3.8.4
pH
Photo monitoring using historical photos 6.5.2
Photo point monitoring 6.5
Photo points for long term monitoring 6.5.1
Planning steps - for revegetation 1.6
Revegetation in 15 Steps
Planning steps - road project development 2.3.2
Plant attributes - monitoring procedures 6.3.5
Plant density - monitoring procedures 6.3.4
Plant inventories - from nurseries 5.4.4
Assess Plant Inventories
Plant materials - installing 5.4
Plant materials - obtaining 5.3
Plant materials - post installation care 5.5
Plant materials - selection 3.14.1
Plant materials - types 3.14.1
Plant moisture stress 3.8.3
How to Access Wind
Plant moisture stress - how to measure 5.5.5
Drip Irrigation
Plant production - about 5.3.6
Plant production - bareroot seedlings 5.3.6
Plant Type 3.14.1
Plants
Plant production - container size 5.3.6
Container Size
Plant production - container types 5.3.6
Container Design
Plant production - determine plant needs 5.3.6
Determine Plant Needs
Plant production - grading specifications 5.3.6
Grading Specifications
Plant production - plant storage 5.3.6
Plant Processing and Storage
Plant production - see nurseries
Plant production - select stocktype 5.3.6
Select Stocktype
Plant production - timelines 5.3.6
Develop Timelines
Plant protection - animal repellent 5.5.2
Animal Repellent
Plant protection - fencing 5.5.2
Fencing
Plant protection - netting 5.5.2
Netting
Plant protection - shade cards 5.5.3
Plant protection - tree shelters 5.5.4
Planting - calculating the number of plants needed 5.4.4
Define Planting Area
Planting - density and spacing 5.4.4
Planting - survival potential 5.3.3
Survival Potential 5.4.4
Planting equipment - pot planter 5.4.4
Pot Planter
Planting Islands 5.2.8
Planting Islands
Planting patterns 5.4.4
Planting Patterns
Planting pockets 5.2.8
Planting Pockets and Microcatchments Fig 3-15
Planting tools 5.4.4
Select Planting Tools and Methods
Planting tools - expandable stinger 5.4.4
Expandable Stinger 5.4.3
Plants - collecting wild or salvage plants 5.3.3
Plants - freezer storage 5.3.6
Plant Processing and Storage
Plants - see also plant production, nurseries
Plants - see wildlings
Plants - transportation 5.4.4
Transport Plants
Plants - when to collect in the field vs growing in nursery 5.3.3
Determine Transplanting Versus Nursery Culture
PLANTS Database 3.6.1
Species name
Weed status
Pollen sources 3.9.1
Pollinator habitat assessment 3.6.3
Pollinator habitats - breeding 3.9.2
Pollinator habitats - shelter and overwintering 3.9.5
Pollinator habitats - water sources 3.9.4
Pollinator monitoring - bee abundance procedure 6.4.1
Pollinator monitoring - bee and butterfly diversity 6.4.2
Pollinator monitoring - monarch butterfly 6.4.3
Pollinator monitoring - overview 6.4
Pollinator nesting habitats - cavities 3.9.3
Cavities
Pollinator nesting habitats - soil 3.9.3
Soil as Pollinator Nesting Habitat
Pollinator nesting habitats - stems and tunnels 3.9.3
Stems and Tunnels
Pollinator plants - attractiveness 3.9.1
Attractiveness and Overlapping Bloom Times
Pollinator plants - floral diversity and cover 3.9.1
Floral Diversity and Cover
Pollinator plants - host plants 3.9.2
Host Plants
Pollinator plants - monitoring procedures 6.4.4
Pollinator plants - overlapping bloom times 3.9.1
Attractiveness and Overlapping Bloom Times
Pollinators - "at-risk" pollinator species 3.3.4
Pollinators - benefits to the environment 1.5.4
Pollinators - Breeding habitat 3.9.2
Pollinators - decline of 1.5.4
Pollinators - effects of invasive weeds 3.9.7
Invasive Species
Pollinators - effects of roadside contaminants 3.9.7
Roadside Contamination
Pollinators - landscape connectivity 3.9.6
Pollinators - nectar and pollen sources 3.9.1
Pollinators - road mortality 3.9.7
Vehicle mortality
Pollinators - websites 3.3.4
Polyacrylamides 3.8.2
Polyacrylamides
Polyacrylamides - environmental concerns 5.4.2
Select Tackifier
Precipitation - climate change 3.3.1
Planning for Climate Change
Precipitation - mitigating for low rates 3.3.1
Mitigating for low precipitation
Precipitation - trends 3.3.1
Planning for Climate Change
Precipitation (see also rainfall) 3.3.1
PRISM - extrapolating weather station data 3.3.1
Planning for Climate Change
Provisional seed zones 3.13.2

R

Rainfall - how to measure 3.8.1
How to Access Precipitation
Rainfall intensity - effects on plant establishment 3.8.5
Soil Cover
Rainfall intensity - effects on soil erosion 3.8.5
Rainfall
Rainfall interception 3.8.1
Rainfall Interception
Rainfall probability graphs 3.3.1
Rainfall simulator 3.8.5
How to Assess Infiltration Rates
Rectilinear sampling areas - how to monitor 6.3.6
Rectilinear Areas
Reference sites - about 3.5
Reference sites - in defining DFCs 3.7
Reference sites - locating 3.5
Reference sites - types 3.5
Reference sites - used in planning 3.7
Revegetated retaining walls 5.2.8
Biotechnical Engineering Structures
Remnant habitat 7.5
Resource library - about 1
Introduction
Resource library - to access Implementation Guides 5.1.4
Restrictive layer - effects on slope stability 3.8.6
Restrictive Layer
Revegetation objectives 3.2
Revegetation plan - an example 4
Revegetation Plan Example
Revegetation plan - integrating road maintenance objectives 3.11.2
Revegetation plan - steps in developing 3.1, 3.15
Revegetation unit - associated road components 3.4
Revegetation unit - description 3.4
Revegetation unit - in relation to reference sites 3.5
Revegetation unit map 3.4
Revegetation unit map - for delineating monitoring units 6.2.5
Road components 2.6.1
Road components - in relation to revegetation units 3.4
Road construction plans 2.4
Road design - reading plans 2.4
Road design - summary of quantities tables 2.4.5
Road design - technical concepts and terminology 2.6
Road design views - cross-section 2.4.3
Road design views - interpreting for revegetation 2.5, 2.6
Road design views - plan 2.4.1
Road design views - profile 2.4.2
Road design views - typical 2.4.4
Road maintenance 7
Operations & Maintenance
Road maintenance - graveling 3.11.9
Gravelling for Winter Safety
Road maintenance objectives 7.2.2
Road terminology 2.6
Roadside objectives - defining 7.2.2
Roadside zones 7.2.2
Roadsides - definition of 1.5.2
Rock fragments 3.8.2
Rock Fragments
Rock fragments - effect on water holding capacity 3.8.2
How to Assess Rooting Depth
Rock fragments - mitigating for 3.8.2
Mitigating for High Rock Content
Rock mulch 5.2.3
Rock Mulch
Rooting depth  3.8.2
Rooting Depth
Rooting depth - how to assess 3.8.2
How to Assess Rooting Depth
Rooting potential 5.3.2
Determining Rooting Potential
Runoff strips 5.2.8
Runoff Strips and Constructed Wetlands

S

Salts - about 3.8.4
Salts
Salts - effects of deicing on plants 3.11.9
Deicing for Winter Safety
Salts - effects on plants 3.8.4
Salts 5.4.2
Fertilizers
Salts - how to measure 3.8.4
How to Assess Salts
Salts - US map of salty soils 3.8.4
Salts
Sample size - how to determine 6.3.6
Sample Size Determination
Sampling unit - monitoring 6.3.6
Sampling unit design - monitoring 6.3
Sampling unit shape - monitoring 6.3
Sampling Unit Shape
Seed - sowing windows 3.14.2
Determine Sowing Windows
Seed extractory Inset 5-13
Seed maturity - hard dough stage 5.3.1
Locate Plants in the Wild
Seed maturity - milk stage 5.3.1
Locate Plants in the Wild
Seed maturity - soft-dough stage 5.3.1
Locate Plants in the Wild
Seed production - about 5.3.4
Seed production - cleaned-to-rough cleaned seed recovery 5.3.1
Locate Plants in the Wild
Seed production - contract 5.3.4
Develop Contract
Seed production - determine seed needs 5.3.4
Determine Seed Needs for Seed Production
Seed production - how much starter seed to collect 5.3.1
Determine Wild Seed Needs for Seed Production 5.3.4
Obtain Starter Seed
Seed production - seed harvesting 5.3.4
Seed Cleaning, Packaging, and Labeling
Seed production - timeline 5.3.1
Develop Timeline 5.3.4
Seed zones 3.3.3
Ecoregions and Seed Zones 3.13.2
Seed Zones and Transfer Guidelines
Seeding - about 5.4.1
Seeding - determining seeding rates 5.4.1
Determine Sowing Rates
Seeding - developing seed mixes 5.4.1
Formulate Seed Mixes
Seeding - equipment 5.4.1
Determine Seeding Methods
Seeding - estimating first year survival rates 5.4.1
First-Year Survival
Seeding - methods 5.4.1
Determine Seeding Methods
Seeding - see hydroseeding
Seeding - sowing calculations 5.4.1
Determine Sowing Rates
Seedlings - see also plants
Seeds - AOSA Inset 5-13
Seeds - cleaned-to-rough cleaned seed ratio 5.3.1
Locate Plants in the Wild
Seeds - cleaning and testing 5.3.1
Clean and Test Seeds 5.3.4
Seed Testing and Acceptance
Seeds - collecting in the wild 5.3.1
Collect Seeds
Seeds - germination test Inset 5-13
Seeds - locating plants in the wild 5.3.1
Seeds - moisture content test Inset 5-13
Seeds - morphology 5.4.2
Determine Seeding Rates
Seeds - pure live seeds per pound 5.4.1
Pure Live Seeds Per Pound (PLS/lb)
Seeds - purity test Inset 5-13
Seeds - see Seed Production
Seeds - seeds per pound test Inset 5-13
Seeds - stages of grass seed maturity 5.3.1
Locate Plants in the Wild
Seeds - starter seeds 5.3.1
Determine Wild Seed Needs for Seed Production 5.3.4
Obtain Starter Seed
Seeds - storage 5.3.4
Seed Storage
Seeds - testing 5.3.1
Clean and Test Seeds 5.3.4
Seed Testing and Acceptance
Seeds - Tetrazolium staining test Inset 5-13
Seeds - transfer guidelines 3.13.2
Seeds - wide dispersal 3.11.6
Weed Control during Pre-Construction and Construction Activities
Seeds - X-ray test Inset 5-13
Shade cards 5.5.3
Shelterbelts 3.8.5
Mitigating for High Winds
Shredded wood 3.10.4
Woody Material 5.2.3
Shredded Wood
Shredded wood - in bioengineering structures 5.2.6
Planting Islands
Shredders 5.2.3
Shredded Wood
Slope gradients 3.8.5
Slope Gradient
Slope gradients - how to measure 3.8.5
How to Assess Slope Gradient
Slope gradients - Mitigating for steep slopes 3.8.5
Mitigating for Steep Slope Gradients
Slope length 3.8.5
Slope Length
Slope microcatchments 5.2.8
Planting Pockets and Microcatchments
Slope stability 3.8.6
Slope Stability
Snow drift fence 3.8.5
Mitigating for High Winds
Soil - bare soil 6.3.1
Soil Cover
Soil - duff 3.10.2, 5.2.3
Litter and Duff
Soil - litter 3.10.2, 5.2.3
Litter and Duff
Soil - loam borrow 5.2.4
Loam Borrow
Soil amendments - Lime 5.2.6
Soil amendments - organic 5.2.5
Soil analytical laboratories 3.8.4
Nitrogen Thresholds and Deficits
Soil analytical testing - STA Laboratories 5.2.5
Soil bulk density 3.8.2
Soil Structure
Soil Bulk density - how to access 3.8.2
How to Access Soil Structure
Soil Characterization Data website 3.3.2
Soil cover 3.8.3
Soil Cover 6.3.1
Soil cover - how to Assess 6.3.1
Soil cover - monitoring procedures 6.3.1
Soil erosion 3.8.5
Soil penetrometer 3.8.2
How to Access Soil Structure
Soil porosity 3.8.2
Soil Structure
Soil salinity - see Salts
Soil soluble salts - see Salts
Soil strength - effects of plants on 3.8.6
Soil Strength
Soil structure 3.8.2
Soil survey stability test 3.8.5
Surface Strength
Soil temperatures 3.8.3
Aspect
Soil testing 3.8.4
Soil Testing
Soil textural triangle 3.8.2
Soil Texture
Soil texture 3.8.2
Soil Texture
Soil texture - "feel" method determination 3.8.2
How to Access Soil Texture
Sowing windows - how to determine 3.14.2
Determine Sowing Windows
Special Contract Requirements (SCRs) 2.3.2
Special Contract Requirements: A Key Tool for Revegetation
Special Provisions 2.3.2
Special Contract Requirements: A Key Tool for Revegetation
Specialist species 3.13.1
Specialist species
Species cover - monitoring procedures 6.3.2
Species of concern 3.11.6
Species of concern
Species presence - monitoring procedures 6.3.3
Standard Specifications for Construction of Roads and Bridges 2.3.2
Special Contract Requirements: A Key Tool for Revegetation 2.4.5
State-listed noxious weeds 3.6.1
Weed Status
Stocktype - definition 5.3.6
Select Stocktypes
Stocktype - planting tools 5.3.6
Select Planting Tools and Methods
Stocktype - selecting 5.3.6
Matching Nursery Plants to Outplanting Site
Stormwater Pollution Protection Plans (SWPPP) 2.3.2
Subsoiler - contract specifications 5.2.2, Inset 5-2
Subsoiling 5.2.2
Shatter Compacted soils
Succession 3.5
Surface roughness 5.2.2
Roughen Soil Surfaces 3.8.5
Surface Roughness
Sustainable design 2.3.1

T

Tackifier 5.4.2
Select Tackifier
Target nitrogen range 5.2.1
Develop Nutrient Thresholds and Determine Deficits
Target plant concept 3.14
Target plant spacing 5.3.6
Target Plant Spacing
Temperature - how to record 3.8.3
Aspect
Tillage 5.2.2
Topographic enhancement 5.2.8
Topographic enhancements - amended ditches 5.2.8
Amended Ditches
Topographic enhancements - microcatchments 5.2.8
Planting Pockets and Microcatchments
Topographic enhancements - planting islands 5.2.8
Planting Islands
Topographic enhancements - planting pockets 5.2.8
Planting Pockets and Microcatchments Fig 3-15
Topographic enhancements - runoff strips 5.2.8
Runoff Strips and Constructed Wetlands
Topographic enhancements - vegetated retaining walls 5.2.8
Biotechnical Engineering Structures
Topsoil 5.2.4
Topsoil - salvage 5.2.4
Salvaging Topsoil 3.10.1
Topsoil - application 5.2.4
Reapplying Topsoil
Topsoil - manufactured 5.2.4
Manufactured Topsoil
Topsoil - minimum depths 5.2.4
Reapplying Topsoil
Topsoil - storage 5.2.4
Storing Topsoil
Topsoil inventory 3.10.1
Topsoil salvage 5.2.4
Salvaging Topsoil
Trackwalking 5.2.2
Roughen Soil Surfaces
Tree shelters 5.5.4
Tree spades 5.3.3
Handling, Transport, and Storage

V

Vegetated MSE walls 5.2.8
Biotechnical Engineering Structures
Vegetation assessment 3.6.1
Vegetation management strategy 3.11
Vegetation treatment plan 7.2.4
Vegetation treatment zones 3.11.7

W

Water harvesting 3.8.1
Water Harvesting
Water-holding capacity 3.8.2
Soil Texture
Water-holding capacity - measuring 3.8.2
Soil Texture
Waterjet stinger 5.4.3
Waterjet Stinger
Web Soil Survey 3.3.2
Weed control - biological control 7.3.7
Weed control - decision process for treating weeds 7.2
Weed control - fire 7.3.6
Weed control - grazing 7.3.5
Weed control - hand pulling 7.3.3
Weed control - herbicides 7.3.4
Weed control - mechanical removal 7.3.8
Weed control - mowing 7.3.2
Weed resistant roadsides - maintaining 7.4.1
Weed-free certification 5.2.3
Purchasing Straw and Hay
Weed-free, functioning plant communities 3.11.6
Weed-free, non-functioning plant communities 3.11.6
Western Regional Climate Center 3.3.1
Wetlands - constructed wetlands 5.2.8
Runoff Strips and constructed wetlands
Wildlife - connectivity 3.9.6
Wildlife - controlling with vegetation 3.11.8
Wildlife crossings - design 3.11.8
Wildlings - collecting plants in the wild 5.3.3
Wildlings - how to collect 5.3.3
Collection and Handling
Wildlings - when to use over nursery plants 5.3.3
Determine Transplanting Versus Nursery Culture
Wildlings - where to collect 5.3.3
Locate Wildling Collection Areas
Wind - barriers 3.8.5
Wind - effects on plant establishment 3.8.5
Wind
Wind - erosion 3.8.5
Wind
Wind - shelterbelts 3.8.5
Mitigating for High Winds
Workhorse species 3.13.1
Working group 3.13.1
Working groups