PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - W.C. Bramble AU - W.R. Byrnes AU - R.J. Hutnik AU - S.A. Liscinsky TI - Prediction of Cover Type on Rights-of-Way After Maintenance Treatments AID - 10.48044/jauf.1991.012 DP - 1991 Feb 01 TA - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) PG - 38--43 VI - 17 IP - 2 4099 - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/17/2/38.short 4100 - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/17/2/38.full AB - Plant cover occurring on electric transmission rights-of-way after commonly used maintenance treatments was studied in two Physiographic Provinces in Pennsylvania (Allegheny Mountain and Piedmont) to predict cover type development. At both locations, a tree sprout-shrub cover type developed after handcutting; a grass-forb-shrub cover type after mowing; a grass-forb cover type after mowing plus herbicide and stem-foliage sprays; a forb-grass cover type after foliage spraying; and a shrub-forb-grass cover type after selective basal spraying. Data from other studies showed that aerial spraying produced a grass-forb cover type. The plant species composition of each cover type is described for both Physiographic Provinces.