Wednesday, November 7, 2007 - 10:15 AM
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Assessing Propagation Methods for the Reestablishment of Threatened and Endangered Plants on Military Lands.

Timothy Cary, USA-CRREL, U.S. Army Eng Res & Dev Ctr CRREL, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH 03755, Terry Bashore, HQ ACC/DORI, Director, Natural and Cultural Resources Programs, Range, Air, and Space, Air Fields, 205 Dodd Blvd., Suite 101, Langley AFB, VA 23665-2789, and Antonio Palazzo, US Army, USA CRREL, 72 Lyme Rd., Hanover, NH 03755-1290.

The impact of threatened and endangered species (T/E) has increased over the last twenty years, resulting in significant training restrictions at 40 major installations in the US. Commonly, the biology of relatively rare species is often poorly understood. This is especially true for T/E plant species that have a limited potential habitat. The objective of this research was to determine appropriate propagation methods and site specific factors that may affect T/E reestablishment.