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Influence of Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa) on Surface Runoff and Sediment Yield

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

John R. Lacey ,
Clayton B. Marlow  and
John R. Lane
John R. Lacey
Affiliation:
Dep. Anim. Range Sci.
Clayton B. Marlow
Affiliation:
Dep. Anim. Range Sci.
John R. Lane
Affiliation:
Plant Soil Sci. Dep., Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT 59717
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Abstract

The influence of spotted knapweed on surface runoff and sediment yield was determined under simulated rainfall conditions near Garrison, MT. Comparisons were made in 12 paired plots: one of each pair dominated by bunchgrass and the other dominated by spotted knapweed. Runoff and sediment yield were 56% and 192% higher, respectively, for the spotted knapweed, rather than the bunchgrass vegetation types. Spotted knapweed invasion onto bunchgrass range of western Montana is thus detrimental to the protection of soil and water resources.

Keywords

Spotted knapweed, Centaurea maculosa Lam. ♯3 CENMAErosionCENMA
Type
Research
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , December 1989 , pp. 627 - 631
Copyright
Copyright © 1989 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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