Revegetation of roadside slope by mosses

Abstract

Revegetation works on roadside slope with compounded eeds matched to surrounding were tried in Mae-Nikko highland line in Tochigi Prefecture in June, 1999. When we investigated this slope in September, 2000, the growth from compound seeds was very poor. In contrast, the roadside slope was completely covered with moss communities of Funaria hygrometrica and/or Conocepharum japonicum. Since the covering with mosses is considered as the begining of succession of vegetation, it may become a new way of revegetating roadside slopes.