##  [Can Fast-Growing Plantations Facilitate Forest Tree Recruitment While Limiting Soil Erosion in Mine Waste Rock Slopes?](/resource/can-fast-growing-plantations-facilitate-forest-tree-recruitment-while-limiting-soil) 

Organization

[Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue](/organization/universite-du-quebec-en-abitibi-temiscamingue)

[Canadian Land Reclamation Association (CLRA)](/organization/canadian-land-reclamation-association-clra)

[Cranfield University](/organization/cranfield-university)

 

 

Project

[National CLRA Conference Papers](/project/national-clra-conference-papers)

 

Resource Type

[Report](/taxonomy/term/38)

 

 

Author(s)

Marie Guittonny-Larchevêque

Hugo Bouchard

Arnaud Remaury

Suzanne Brais

Jane Rickson

 

 

Original Authors

Marie Guittonny-Larchevêque

Hugo Bouchard

Arnaud Remaury

Suzanne Brais

Jane Rickson

 

 

Resource Date:

2016

 

Page Length

5

 

 

Thus fast-growing poplars may be used to quickly stabilize the soil against erosion while  
facilitating forest recolonization. However, the plantation design that should be used to  
achieve both objectives remains unknown. To overcome this knowledge gap, a hybrid  
poplar plantation was established in 2013 on waste rock slopes of the Canadian Malartic  
gold mine in Quebec. The influence of plantation design in terms of tree spacing and  
combination with hydroseeding of herbaceous species was evaluated on: 1) soil erosion,  
vegetation and litter cover, and root development in superficial soil, and 2)  
microenvironmental conditions controlling seed germination, seedling development and  
survival of forest trees.