کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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10252253 | 160250 | 2014 | 31 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The grass-free lawn: Management and species choice for optimum ground cover and plant diversity
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
چمن بدون چمن: مدیریت و انتخاب گونه برای پوشش مناسب زمین و تنوع گیاه
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کلمات کلیدی
باغ بدون چمن، چمن، زنی، باغبانی زینتی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک
جنگلداری
چکیده انگلیسی
In Britain, managed grass lawns provide the most traditional and widespread of garden and landscape practices in use today. Grass lawns are coming under increasing challenge as they tend to support a low level of biodiversity and can require substantial additional inputs to maintain. Here we apply a novel approach to the traditional monocultural lawnscape by replacing grasses entirely with clonal perennial forbs. We monitored changes in plant coverage and species composition over a two year period and here we report the results of a study comparing plant origin (native, non-native and mixed) and mowing regime. This allows us to assess the viability of this construct as an alternative to traditional grass lawns. Grass-free lawns provided a similar level of plant cover to grass lawns. Both the mowing regime and the combination of species used affected this outcome, with native plant species seen to have the highest survival rates, and mowing at 4Â cm to produce the greatest amount of ground coverage and plant species diversity within grass-free lawns. Grass-free lawns required over 50 percent less mowing than a traditionally managed grass lawn. Observations suggest that plant forms that exhibited: (a) a relatively fast growth rate, (b) a relatively large individual leaf area, and (c) an average leaf height substantially above the cut to be applied, were unsuitable for use in grass-free lawns. With an equivalent level of ground coverage to grass lawns, increased plant diversity and a reduced need for mowing, the grass-free lawn can be seen as a species diverse, lower input and potentially highly ornamental alternative to the traditional lawn format.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening - Volume 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 433-442
Journal: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening - Volume 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 433-442
نویسندگان
Lionel S. Smith, Mark D.E. Fellowes,