##  [Plow-in Pipeline Construction Improves Recovery of Rough Fescue Grassland](/resource/plow-pipeline-construction-improves-recovery-rough-fescue-grassland) 

Organization

[University of Alberta (UofA)](/organization/university-alberta-uofa)

[Alberta Centre for Reclamation and Restoration Ecology (ACRRE)](/organization/alberta-centre-reclamation-and-restoration-ecology-acrre)

[Fuse Consulting Ltd.](/organization/fuse-consulting-ltd-0)

 

 

Resource Type

[Fact sheet](/taxonomy/term/34)

 

 

Author(s)

Sarah Boon

Matthew Pyper

 

 

Original Authors

Sarah Boon

Matthew Pyper

 

 

Resource Date:

2014

 

Page Length

1

 

 

The plow-in pipeline approach caused the least grassland disturbance, resulting in a fescue-bluegrass vegetation community that had the fewest non-native species, the best rough fescue recovery, and the greatest similarity to undisturbed natural grassland. The trenching and topsoil-strip sites caused more disturbance, resulting in a wheat grass community that was very different from undisturbed grassland.   
Regardless of pipeline construction technique, the undisturbed sites overall had more native grass, less bare ground (more moss/lichen), more litter, and less wheat grass than the ROW sites