UCCS Open Space looking towards Pulpit Rock

UCCS Open Space - Soil & Revegetation Research

Spring 2020 Department of Biology

Project Overview

Project Coordinator: Lacey Meek

Project Sponsor: Margaret Gaddis 

Responsible Department: Biology

Total GAF Funding: $782.00

Themes: Landscape, Research 

Goal: To investigate plant recovery by collecting and interpreting data from open space trail soil collection.

Impact: Gain a better understanding of plant recovery in relation to trail dynamic by analyzing the soils present on different trails and comparing it to the aspect, slope and the percent cover of the plants present adjacent to the trails and in closed trails.