Sowing Mixtures of Native Plant Species: Are There Any Differences between Hydroseeding and Regular Seeding?

Hydroseeding is a convenient, low-cost way to plant seeds. Traditionally, fast-growing commercial species that are cheap to obtain are preferred in hydroseeding, while native species have limited use. Nowadays, the use of native species is often desired in revegetation projects. However, there is a...

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Autores principales:	Vilma Gudyniene, Sigitas Juzenas, Vaclovas Stukonis, Egle Norkeviciene
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Materias:	legumes grasses forbs plant cover species richness Botany QK1-989
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1f3a401ad31f49e980235c236ff3a5332021-11-25T18:47:08ZSowing Mixtures of Native Plant Species: Are There Any Differences between Hydroseeding and Regular Seeding?10.3390/plants101125072223-7747https://doaj.org/article/1f3a401ad31f49e980235c236ff3a5332021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/11/2507https://doaj.org/toc/2223-7747Hydroseeding is a convenient, low-cost way to plant seeds. Traditionally, fast-growing commercial species that are cheap to obtain are preferred in hydroseeding, while native species have limited use. Nowadays, the use of native species is often desired in revegetation projects. However, there is a paucity of information about hydroseeding native species in Northern areas of Europe. Therefore, we aimed to determine whether hydroseeding has any effects on native plant cover formation, species richness and abundance, the development of plant morphological features, or aboveground biomass. A total of 40 native plant species in Lithuania were sowed using hydroseeding and regular seeding. The experimental plots were assessed for two years. The results show a relatively small and short positive effect of hydroseeding on plant cover formation. No significant differences were found in species richness between the sowing treatments. However, a comparison of species composition revealed significant differences between the sowing treatments that were more associated with species abundance than species diversity. Hydroseeding was favoured by legume species, such as <i>Onobrychis viciifolia</i>, <i>Ononis arvensis</i>, <i>Lotus corniculatus</i>, and <i>Trifolium medium</i>, while <i>Festuca rubra</i> favoured the regular seeding treatment. Overall, our findings emphasize that legume species that display more competitive growth traits should be included in the seed mixture in lower proportions when hydroseeding is applied.Vilma GudynieneSigitas JuzenasVaclovas StukonisEgle NorkevicieneMDPI AGarticlelegumesgrassesforbsplant coverspecies richnessBotanyQK1-989ENPlants, Vol 10, Iss 2507, p 2507 (2021)
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spellingShingle	legumes grasses forbs plant cover species richness Botany QK1-989 Vilma Gudyniene Sigitas Juzenas Vaclovas Stukonis Egle Norkeviciene Sowing Mixtures of Native Plant Species: Are There Any Differences between Hydroseeding and Regular Seeding?
description	Hydroseeding is a convenient, low-cost way to plant seeds. Traditionally, fast-growing commercial species that are cheap to obtain are preferred in hydroseeding, while native species have limited use. Nowadays, the use of native species is often desired in revegetation projects. However, there is a paucity of information about hydroseeding native species in Northern areas of Europe. Therefore, we aimed to determine whether hydroseeding has any effects on native plant cover formation, species richness and abundance, the development of plant morphological features, or aboveground biomass. A total of 40 native plant species in Lithuania were sowed using hydroseeding and regular seeding. The experimental plots were assessed for two years. The results show a relatively small and short positive effect of hydroseeding on plant cover formation. No significant differences were found in species richness between the sowing treatments. However, a comparison of species composition revealed significant differences between the sowing treatments that were more associated with species abundance than species diversity. Hydroseeding was favoured by legume species, such as <i>Onobrychis viciifolia</i>, <i>Ononis arvensis</i>, <i>Lotus corniculatus</i>, and <i>Trifolium medium</i>, while <i>Festuca rubra</i> favoured the regular seeding treatment. Overall, our findings emphasize that legume species that display more competitive growth traits should be included in the seed mixture in lower proportions when hydroseeding is applied.
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author	Vilma Gudyniene Sigitas Juzenas Vaclovas Stukonis Egle Norkeviciene
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title	Sowing Mixtures of Native Plant Species: Are There Any Differences between Hydroseeding and Regular Seeding?
title_short	Sowing Mixtures of Native Plant Species: Are There Any Differences between Hydroseeding and Regular Seeding?
title_full	Sowing Mixtures of Native Plant Species: Are There Any Differences between Hydroseeding and Regular Seeding?
title_fullStr	Sowing Mixtures of Native Plant Species: Are There Any Differences between Hydroseeding and Regular Seeding?
title_full_unstemmed	Sowing Mixtures of Native Plant Species: Are There Any Differences between Hydroseeding and Regular Seeding?
title_sort	sowing mixtures of native plant species: are there any differences between hydroseeding and regular seeding?
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Sowing Mixtures of Native Plant Species: Are There Any Differences between Hydroseeding and Regular Seeding?

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