Grounds Maintenance: Standards, Practices, and Alternatives

Abstract

This report focuses on practices that offer opportunities to reduce mowing and other grounds maintenance costs. The primary practices that will be discussed include the use of low-maintenance vegetation, such as wildflowers and native grasses, and the use of chemical control, such as plant growth regulators. A questionnaire was developed and distributed to Army installations and other public land use agencies to compare the Army's mowing standards and practices to those of other agencies. Questionnaire results are summarized in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA246242

Entities

People

  • Bonnie S. Martin
  • Linda D. Peyman-dove

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Growth Substances
  • Herbicides
  • Literature Surveys
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Maintenance Management
  • Management Personnel
  • National Parks
  • Plant Growth
  • Plants
  • Standards
  • Weed Control

Readers

  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.