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F e b r u a r y 1 5 , 2 0 1 7 N a t i o n a l N a t i v e S e e d C o n f e r e n c e The Ecoregional Revegetation Application: a national online plant selection utility Matt Horning, US Forest Service Pollinator health task force P


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F e b r u a r y 1 5 , 2 0 1 7 N a t i o n a l N a t i v e S e e d C o n f e r e n c e

Matt Horning, US Forest Service

The Ecoregional Revegetation Application: a national online plant selection utility

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R O A D S I D E R E V E G E T A T I O N An Integrated Approach to Establishing Native Plants and Pollinator Habitats

Pollinator health task force

Presidential memorandum “creating a federal strategy to promote the health of honey bees and other pollinators”

  • June 2014

National strategy to promote the health of honey bees and other pollinators

  • May 2015

Pollinator partnership action plan

  • June 2016

“Restore or enhance 7 million acres of land for pollinators over the next 5 years.”

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GOAL 3

Develop tools that enable mangers to make timely, informed seeding decisions for ecological restoration.

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Technical resource: FHWA revegetation manual

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The ori riginal manual

David Steinfeld, Scott Riley, Kim Wilkinson, Thomas Landis, and Lee Riley

  • Published 2007
  • Western US-centric
  • Applicable to any highly disturbed sites
  • Powerful training resource

Photo credit: Kristina Bell

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R O A D S I D E R E V E G E T A T I O N An Integrated Approach to Establishing Native Plants and Pollinator Habitats

Revegetation as a process

Key components: Implementation guides

  • Soil and site treatments
  • Obtaining plant materials
  • Installing plant materials
  • Post installation care of plant materials
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R O A D S I D E R E V E G E T A T I O N An Integrated Approach to Establishing Native Plants and Pollinator Habitats

Ongoing modifications

  • Discussion of pollinators and their importance
  • Plant palette selection
  • Nectar and shelter needs
  • Phenology
  • Incorporation of FHWA and Xerces Society BMP’s
  • Pollinator-specific objectives in project design
  • Vegetation maintenance
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Online resources: www.nativerevegetation.org

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www.nativerevegetation.org

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www.nativerevegetation.org Resource Library ry- report types

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www.nativerevegetation.org Resource Library ry- topics

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www.nativerevegetation.org Resource Library ry- revegetation guide(s)

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Online application: Ecoregional Revegetation Application (ERA)

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Ecoregional Revegetation Application

  • Objectives
  • Support the inter agency seed strategy and pollinator health initiatives
  • Support the native plants materials infrastructure
  • Assist revegetation practitioners in project design and implementation
  • Audience
  • Revegetation practitioners/project designers
  • All agencies/sectors - national in scope
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Ecoregional Revegetation Application

  • Data sources: pollinator-friendly species
  • Xerces Society
  • Pollinator Partnership (pollinator.org)
  • Data sources: workhorse species (use and commercial availability)
  • State DOT plant lists
  • The Chicago Botanic Garden (Abbey White and Andrea Kramer)
  • Validation with regional experts
  • USFS and BLM botanists
  • State DOT Landscape architects
  • Others (USDA PLANTS database, literature)

Ecoregion Height Flower color Showy Flowering Sun exposure Soil moisture Soil texture Salt tolerance Palatability Active growth period Pollinator value Benefits to Pollinators Propagation Commercial Availability

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https://fs.bioe.orst.edu/web_maps/Seed_Zones.html Bower et al 2014 Ecological Applications 24(5) 913-919

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Provisional Seed Zones Temperature Aridity Omernik’s Level III Ecoregions

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Bower et al 2014 Ecological Applications 24(5) 913-919

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Provisional Seed Zones + Omernik’s Level III Ecoregions

Bower et al 2014 Ecological Applications 24(5) 913-919

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Mobile Seed Zone Apps: Collector for ArcGIS- Online GeoQuery ry Browser

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Collector for ArcGIS-Online

  • Account required
  • Srollable “live” maps

when connected

  • Downloadable maps when

not connected

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GeoQuery Browser

  • Open access
  • Connected environment
  • nly
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Coming soon: Android and iOS seed zone applications that fu function on and off the grid Contact: Andy Bower abower@fs.fed.us

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Acknowledgements

  • Federal Highways Administration (FHWA)
  • Amit Armstrong
  • Erin Chips
  • Deirdre Remley
  • Parsons Brinckerhoff
  • Robin Christians
  • Shane Roberts
  • Todd Teuscher
  • Xerces Society
  • Jennifer Hopwood
  • US Forest Service
  • Vicky Erickson
  • Matt Horning
  • Lynda Moore
  • Mark Skinner
  • David Steinfeld (Native Restoration Consulting)
  • Chicago Botanic Garden
  • Abbey White
  • Andrea Kramer
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www.nativerevegetation.org

Matt Horning mhorning@fs.fed.us

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