A Guide for Revegetating Coal Minesoils in the Eastern United States

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A Guide for Revegetating Coal Minesoils in the Eastern United States

By Willis G. Vogel. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, General Technical Report NE-68, 1981.

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• A Guide for Revegetating Coal Minesoils in the Eastern United States (10.1 MB)

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• Cover, Contents (1.83 MB)
• Section 1. Introduction (1.63 MB)
• Section 2. Coal Mining Regions (1.86 MB)
• Section 3. Minesoils (2.32 MB)
• Section 4. Plant Species for Vegetating Mined Lands (4.60 MB)
• Section 5. Vegetation Establishment (3.72 MB)
• Section 6. Land Uses and Species Mixtures (2.60 MB)
• Bibliography (1.79 MB)
• Glossary (1.96 MB)