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dormant post plantings

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-008435

Plantings of dormant cottonwood, willow, poplar, or other species embedded vertically into streambanks to increase channel roughness, reduce flow velocities near the slope face, and trap sediment as they grow.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-008435
FieldEnvironment
SubjectEcosystems
ReferencesFederal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008435",
  "term": "dormant post plantings",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Plantings of dormant cottonwood, willow, poplar, or other species embedded vertically into streambanks to increase channel roughness, reduce flow velocities near the slope face, and trap sediment as they grow.",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/dormant-post-plantings/"
}

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