Cutting and Livestake Production, Processing and Installation

Topic

Topic pages summarize knowledge and resources within a subject area

Recent Topic Edits

• Category:Ecosystem Topics
• Land Use
• Climate Commitment Act
• Water Management
• Conservation Using Regulation

Salish Sea References

• Ecology Shoreline Photography Viewer
• The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound provides a peer reviewed version of the wiki
• PRISM Project Search
• Washington Coastal Atlas
• UW River History Project

Wiki Rules

• Wiki text does not reflect the policy or opinion of any agency or organization
• Please adhere to our Social Contract and Style Guide
• Complain here, and be nice.

This page describes different strategies and systems for harvesting, producing, processing, and using cuttings, either for nursery production of for field planting. Cuttings are a rapid efficient method for reproduction of plants that easily for adventitious roots.

General

General references on physiology and species.

• File:Cereghino 2004 native cutting thesis.pdf - a thesis with an extensive literature review on field propagation of un-rooted cuttings including interviews with Salish Sea practitioners and a list of likely species for cuttings.
• File:Cereghino 2004 native cutting thesis presentation.pdf - a power point presentation showing essential results of a field trial of snowberry, dogwood, and salmonberry
• File:Cereghino 2006 native cutting fact sheet.pdf - a fact sheet developed based on Cereghino (2004).
• File:Darris 2002 native plant cuttings.pdf - perhaps the most extensive testing of native shrub rooting ability and responsiveness to auxin treatment.
• File:Hartema et al 2016 willow livestake diameter in reed canarygrass.pdf - a study evaluating cost effectiveness for willow coverage in RCG meadows.

Biotechnical Erosion Control

Application of cuttings to managing erosion and evolution of streams and rivers.

• File:Bentrup & Hoag 1998 practical stream bioengineering guide.pdf - a thorough description of stream bank work from experienced field staff, and focused on arid environments (Greater Columbia Basin).
• File:Allen & Leech 1997 bioengineering for streams USACE.pdf - also stream bioengineering, but national in scope of more quantitative information about erosion control efficiency (written for engineers).
• Skykomish Braided Reach Project used large fresh cottonwood boles buried in large river bars.

Twig Indentification

Identifying species based on bark, buds and stem structure.

• File:Gilkey & Packard 1962 oregon winter twig identification.pdf - an old reference with dichotomous key.
• http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/keys.php?Key=2 - a digital multicriteria key that narrows the choices, but doesn't necessarily have good twig pictures.