GUIDELINES / 1.0 Water Quality

• 1.0 Introduction
• 1.1 Buffers and Land Management
• 1.2 Karst Landscapes
• 1.3 Frozen Soils
• 1.4 Target Buffers In Watersheds
• 1.5 Arrangement Near Sources
• 1.6 Buffer Site Design
• 1.7 Variable Buffer Width
• 1.8 Effective Buffer Area Ratio
• 1.9 Slope and Soil Type Adjustments
• 1.10 Buffers for Sediment
• 1.11 Buffers for Pathogens
• 1.12 Buffers for Nitrogen
• 1.13 Buffers for Phosphorus
• 1.14 Buffers for Pesticides
• 1.15 Buffers for Shallow Groundwater
• 1.16 Urban Runoff and Roadsides
• 1.17 Buffers and Grazing
• 1.18 Allowances for Bank Erosion
• 1.19 Buffer Width Design Tool for Surface Runoff
• 1.20 Vegetation for Removing Pollutants from Runoff
• 1.21 Stiff-stemmed Grass Barriers
• 1.22 Vegetation for Bank Erosion Control
• 1.23 In-Stream Pollutant Removal
• 1.24 Species Selection
• 1.25 Sediment Removal
• 1.26 Harvesting for Nutrient Removal
• 1.27 Plant Succession
• 1.28 Vegetation and Traffic

1.27 Plant Succession

Polluted runoff favors plant species that are more tolerant of pollution and may change the buffer plant community over time. One may need to select plants tolerant of pollutant loading. Over time, trees and shrubs will naturally become established in herbaceous buffers. Periodic tree and shrub removal may be required to maintain dense herbaceous buffers or the desired mixed of woody species.

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