Standard Practice for Live Staking

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
Live staking is a soil bioengineering technique used to provide erosion and sedimentation control after plants have become fully established by increasing infiltration, slowing or redirecting runoff, and trapping seed and sediments. A successful live staking application provides mechanical surface slope stabilization, aesthetics, water quality and habitat enhancement. The ability of live staking to function properly depends on the quality and correctness of the materials utilized, the means and methods of installation, and proper consideration of site characteristics. It is imperative that the live staking develops root and top growth.
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1.1 This practice covers the material, preparation and installation work required for live stake construction.
1.2 The values in this standard are in SI units and are to be regarded as the standard. The inch-pound units given in parentheses are for information only.
1.3 This practice offers a set of instructions for performing one or more specific operations. This document cannot replace education or experience and should be used in conjunction with professional judgment. Not all aspects of this practice may be applicable in all circumstances. This ASTM standard is not intended to represent or replace standard of care by which adequacy of a given professional service must be judged, nor should this document be applied without considerations of a project's many unique aspects. The word “standard” in the title of this document means only that the document has been approved through the ASTM consensus process.
1.4 This standard may involve hazardous materials, operations, and equipment. This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

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Designation: D6765 − 02(Reapproved 2008)
Standard Practice for
Live Staking
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D6765; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope ground. If correctly prepared and installed, the live stake will
root and grow. Once the live stakes become established, they
1.1 This practice covers the material, preparation and instal-
create top growth and a living root system. The root system
lation work required for live stake construction.
stabilizes the shallow subsoil by reinforcing and binding
1.2 The values in this standard are in SI units and are to be
together soil particles, and by extracting excess soil moisture.
regarded as the standard. The inch-pound units given in
The vegetative top growth from the living live stakes provides
parentheses are for information only.
cover for the soil surface against erosive forces. See Fig. 1, Fig.
2, and Fig. 3.
1.3 This practice offers a set of instructions for performing
one or more specific operations. This document cannot replace
4. Significance and Use
education or experience and should be used in conjunction
with professional judgment. Not all aspects of this practice may
4.1 Live staking is a soil bioengineering technique used to
be applicable in all circumstances. This ASTM standard is not
provide erosion and sedimentation control after plants have
intended to represent or replace standard of care by which
become fully established by increasing infiltration, slowing or
adequacy of a given professional service must be judged, nor
redirecting runoff, and trapping seed and sediments.Asuccess-
should this document be applied without considerations of a
ful live staking application provides mechanical surface slope
project’s many unique aspects. The word “standard” in the
stabilization, aesthetics, water quality and habitat enhance-
title of this document means only that the document has been
ment. The ability of live staking to function properly depends
approved through the ASTM consensus process.
on the quality and correctness of the materials utilized, the
1.4 This standard may involve hazardous materials, means and methods of installation, and proper consideration of
operations, and equipment. This standard does not purport to site characteristics. It is imperative that the live staking
address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its develops root and top growth.
use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to
establish appropriate safety and health practices and deter- 5. Materials
mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
5.1 Fresh or well-preserved viable cuttings are used. The
stems or branches are straight. Side branches are cleanly
2. Terminology
removed. Bark remains intact. The basal ends are cut at an
2.1 Definitions:
angle for easy insertion into the soil. The top is cut square.
2.1.1 live stake, n—an individual live woody plant material
Typically, plants are harvested near the project site within the
cutting used in live staking.
same climate zone. Typical lengths for live stakes are from 600
2.1.2 live staking, v—the act of tamping live woody plant to 900 mm (2 to 3 ft). The caliper (diameter) of cuttings
1 1
material cuttings into the ground. generally ranges from 15 to 40 mm ( ⁄2 to 1 ⁄2 in.). Cut and
install the live stakes in the dormant season.
2.1.3 live woody plant material, n—stem and branch cut-
tings of vegetatively self-propagating woody plant species.
5.2 Brush Cutting Implements—Cut live vegetation with
suchtoolsaspruningshears,loppers,clearingsaws,chainsaw
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