Review of cool?season turfgrasses for salt?affected roadsides in cold climates

Turfgrass is often planted along roadsides because of its adaptability and capacity to perform a wide range functions. Like other roadside vegetation, it must withstand biotic abiotic stresses while persisting long term with minimal management inputs. In cold-weather climates, snow ice practices on roads include the use deicing salts. Deicing salts can have negative impacts infrastructure environment including soil structure degradation, surface ground water contamination, reduction vegetation quality roadsides. Insights from past evaluations turfgrass response experienced provide perspective for future approaches. This review provides historical context establishment turfgrasses as in climates where are used. Adaptability species applications well field controlled salt tolerance discussed. studies, improved characterization stress broader collaborative evaluation programs enhance testing result specifications mixtures.