| Title | Potential of soil amendments as sources of native plants for revegetation of Athabasca oil sands tailings |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 1979 |
| Authors | Fedkenheuer, A. W., & Heacock H. M. |
| Pagination | 15 pages |
| Date Published | 08/1979 |
| Publisher | Syncrude Canada Ltd. |
| Place Published | Edmonton, AB |
| Publication Language | eng |
| Keywords | Amendments, native species, natural invasion, non-native species, recovery, Syncrude |
| Abstract | In July, 1977, stored or fresh peat or glacio-lacustrine clay were added to field plots which were rotovated to a depth of 30 cm, or placed in glasshouse plots. In autumn 1977, 5 and 6 spp. including grasses, were present on field plots with stored and fresh peat, resp. Only Epilobium angustifolium had >0.5% cover. In 1978, there were 8 spp. present on stored peat and 13 on fresh peat, with cover ranging from >0.5 to 2.3%. |
| Notes | Syncrude Canada Ltd. Edmonton, Alberta. Professional Paper 1979-7. 15 pp. Presented at 4th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Land Reclamation Association. August 13 - 15, 1978. Regina, Saskatchewan. |
| Locational Keywords | Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) |
| Group | OSEMB |
| Citation Key | 53277 |
