Black Walnut Growth Better on Deep, Well-Drained BottomLand Soils

Craig K. Losche

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Black Walnut Growth Better on Deep, Well-Drained BottomLand Soils

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Craig K. Losche

Year:

1973

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NC-154. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Site requirements of 25-year-old plantation-grown black walnut on floodplains in southern Illinois were studied. Depth to a gravel layer was the only soil factor that significantly influenced height growth. There was a relationship between internal soil drainage and height growth.

Keywords

site quality, plantations, competition, soil depth, moisture, Juglans nigra

Citation

Losche, Craig K. 1973. Black Walnut Growth Better on Deep, Well-Drained BottomLand Soils. Research Note NC-154. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station