Powell River Project
Reclamation Guidelines for Surface-Mined Land in Southwest Virginia

Reclamation of Coal Refuse Disposal Areas

Authors: W. Lee Daniels, Associate Professor, and Barry Stewart and Dennis Dove, Graduate Research Assistants, Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech

Publication Number 460-131, June 1996

Reclamation of Coal Refuse Disposal Areas; Table 3

Table 3. Seeding rates and species mixtures for establishment of permanent plant cover on coal refuse when applied in Spring and Fall.
SpeciesLatin NameRate (lb/a)
Spring Seeding
RedtopAgrostis alba3
Hard Fescue*Festuca ovina20
Tall FescueFestuca arundinacea20
Annual RyegrassLolium multiflorum15
German MilletSetaria italica20
Weeping LovegrassEragrostis curvula3
Birdsfoot TrefoilLotus corniculatus5
Yellow Sweet CloverMelilotus officinalis2
Ladino CloverTrifolium repens2
Kobe LespedezaLespedeza striata10
Fall Seeding
RedtopAgrostis alba3
Hard Fescue*Festuca ovina20
Tall FescueFestuca arundinacea20
Annual RyegrassLolium multiflorum15
Cereal RyeSecale cereale25
Weeping LovegrassEragrostis curvula3
Birdsfoot TrefoilLotus corniculatus5
Yellow Sweet cloverMelilotus officinalis5
Ladino CloverTrifolium repens2
Kobe LespedezaLespedeza striata10

*When using this species, the varieties Scaldis or Reliant are recommended

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