Forest & Wildlife Research Center Publications and Scholarship

ORCID

Casey Iwamoto: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4881-3460

Courtney Siegert: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9804-3858

Joshua J. Granger: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6481-9240

Krishna P. Poudel: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2159-1300

Adam Polinko: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3506-1917

Zachary Freedman: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9160-7470

Abstract

Coal strip mining has left widespread degraded soils throughout the southeastern US. These soils tend to have low pH, high bulk density, impacted hydrologic processes, and an accumulation of heavy metals that limit revegetation efforts. Shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata) is an ideal species for these reforestation efforts as it can tolerate the poor conditions on post-mined sites and has the largest native pine range in the southeastern US, overlapping with many post-mined areas. However, limited empirical field studies have been conducted on the success of soil amendments for soil physical, chemical, biological properties and tree growth. To fill this knowledge gap, a field trial was established on a reclaimed mining site in 2021. Shortleaf pine seedlings were planted in a complete randomized block design with two soil amendment treatments: biochar and microbial inoculation. Soil physical and chemical analyses along with tree growth parameters were collected and are presented in this dataset.

Publication Date

2024

Spatial Coverage

Northcentral Alabama

Temporal Coverage

2020-2023

College

College of Forest Resources

Department

Department of Forestry

Keywords

ectomycorrhizal fungi, coal mine, soil amendments, shortleaf pine, heavy metals

Disciplines

Other Forestry and Forest Sciences

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