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When restoring
property, whether it be land or water, the restoration
process begins with defining the disturbance that has
destabilized the ecosystem. Secondly, we focus on
what you want there in the future.
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When restoring an
ecosystem, we perform the following: |
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- Base line
ecological study
- Value Assessment
- Evaluate all restoration
alternatives
- Provide State and
Federal agency consultation
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Conservation
Plants |
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Orchard
grass |
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Perennial
ryegrass |
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Identification tips:
Sheath: Round,
closed to near the top.
Blade: Folded in bud shoot, flat, at lest 1/4 inch
wide
Ligule: Small, Membranous |
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Identification tips:
Sheath: Flattened,
smooth and open
Blade: Folded in the bud shoot and V-shpae. 1/8 inch
wide, smooth and glossy below
Ligule: Small, Membranous |
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Smooth
bromegrass |
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Tall fescue |
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Identification tips:
Sheath: Round,
closed to near the top.
Blade: Rolled in the bud shoot, pinched "w" in leaf
blade
Ligule: Small, Membranous |
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Identification tips:
Sheath: Round
open, fitting loosely around the stem
Blade: Rolled in the bud shoot, smooth and shiny
underneath, ridge on the upper surface
Ligule: Small, Membranous |
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Sideoats grama |
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Redtop |
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Identification tips:
Sheath: Round,
open, longer than the internodes
Blade: rolled in bud shoot, flat, up to 1/8 inch
wide, hairs protruding from bumps on margins
Ligule: Small, Membranous with short hairs on top |
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Identification tips:
Sheath: Round,
open, shorter than internodes
Blade: Rolled in the bud shoot, up to 1/4 wide with
prominent veins on the surface
Ligule: Large, membranous and shovel shaped |
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Eastern gamagrass |
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Reed Canarygrass |
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Identification tips:
Sheath: Flattened
and open
Blade: Rolled in bud shoot, flat, smooth, up to 1 1/2
inch wide, with large, prominent, light-colored midrib
Ligule: Ring of short hairs |
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Identification tips:
Sheath: Round,
open and pale below ground
Blade: Rolled in the bud shoot, flat, up to 1/2 inch
wide
Ligule: Large membranous ligule, pointed, often
described as papery |
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Big bluestem |
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Little bluestem |
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Identification tips:
Sheath: Round to
somewhat flattered, open purplish at base, usually hairy
Blade: Rolled in the bud shoot, silky hairs widely
dispersed on upper leaf surface
Ligule: Small membranous |
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Identification tips:
Sheath: Flattened
and open, often purplish at the base
Blade: Folded in the bud shoot, folded along the
midrib, narrow (less than 1/4 inch wide)
Ligule: Small Membranous |
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Switchgrass |
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Indiangrass |
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Identification tips:
Sheath: Round,
open, while to purplish tinged below
Blade: Rolled in the bud shoot, flat up to 1/2 inch
wide
Ligule: Fringe of hairs with a dense mat of hairs
extending onto the upper leaf surface |
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Identification tips:
Sheath: Round,
open, maybe hairy at the base
Blade: Rolled in the bud shoot, flat, narrowed at
base
Ligule: Small membranous |
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