Cutting and Livestake Production, Processing and Installation
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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.