Effects of grass species and soil types on early successional forb species

Authors

Raechel Hunsaker, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
April Hulet, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Matthew Madsen, Brigham Young University - Provo
Mallory Hinton, Brigham Young University - Provo
Derek Tilley, Brigham Young University - Provo

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Keywords

Competition, Succession, Rangeland Restoration

Abstract

Many early successional plant species have been considered weeds because of their lack of forage value for livestock (Whitson and Burrill, 2009). However, these early successional plant species have the potential to aid rangeland restoration in a variety of ways including:

• Food source for pollinators (Dumroese et al., 2016).

• Soil partitioning for climax communities of native perennials (Tilley et al., 2022).

• Competition against invasive annual species (Leger et al., 2014). To determine which early colonizing (or pioneer) species have the greatest restoration potential, interspecific competitive interactions should be evaluated.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Hunsaker, Raechel; Hulet, April; Madsen, Matthew; Hinton, Mallory; and Tilley, Derek, "Effects of grass species and soil types on early successional forb species" (2024). Library/Life Sciences Undergraduate Poster Competition 2024. 38.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/library_studentposters_2024/38

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

2024-03-21

Language

English

College

Life Sciences

Department

Plant and Wildlife Sciences

University Standing at Time of Publication

Senior

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