TREE PROPAGATION AND PLANTING
PLANTING TECHNIQUES
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softwood
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hardwood
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herbaceous
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semi-hardwood
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hardwood cuttings are taken from dormant, mature stems in late fall, winter, or early spring. Plants generally are fully dormant with no obvious signs of active growth. The wood is firm and does not bend easily.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hardwood shoot cuttings are collected during the winter dormant season. Softwood cuttings, which includes cut-tings of herbaceous plants, are collected in the spring and early summer when shoots are actively growing and leaves are present.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dormant cuttings are the primary plant material used in revegetation tech-niques including: live staking, brush layering, live siltation, brush mat and bundles (fascines). Dormant cuttings are harvested from living woody plants in a dormant (not actively growing) state.