##  [Hitchhiker Planting in Reclamation: Protocols for Developing Nursery Stock of Woody and Herbaceous Species ](/resource/hitchhiker-planting-reclamation-protocols-developing-nursery-stock-woody-and-herbaceous) 

Organization

[NAIT Centre for Boreal Research (NAIT CBR)](/organization/nait-centre-boreal-research-nait-cbr)

 

 

Project

[Forest Reclamation and Boreal Reforestation](/project/forest-reclamation-and-boreal-reforestation)

 

Resource Type

[Technical guide](/taxonomy/term/35)

 

 

Author(s)

Amanda Schoonmaker

Jeannine Goehing

Çağdaş Kera Yücel

 

 

Original Authors

Amanda Schoonmaker

Jeannine Goehing

Çağdaş Kera Yücel

 

 

Resource Date:

2019

 

Page Length

5

 

 

The 2010 reclamation criteria for forested lands requires the establishment of both native woody and herbaceous species, while controlling undesirable and noxious weed species, to reclaim industrially disturbed sites to functional forest ecosystems. Hitchhiker planting in reclamation is a new technique pilot tested by NAIT’s Centre for Boreal Research to simultaneously grow and establish native woody and herbaceous species. This technical note outlines planting protocols for overstory woody species grown with herbaceous understory species or woody understory species in the nursery.

View more technical notes by NAIT Centre for Boreal Research [here.](https://www.nait.ca/industry/applied-research/centre-for-boreal-research/resources/technical-notes)