Release Accelerates Growth of Yellow-Poplar -- an 18-Year Look

Robert D. Williams

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Release Accelerates Growth of Yellow-Poplar -- an 18-Year Look

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Robert D. Williams

Year:

1976

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NC-202. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Yellow-poplar seedlings that germinated and were completely released from woody competition in 1957 (the first year after a harvest cut) were four times taller and five times larger in diameter after the 1973 growing season than seedlings that were not released.

Keywords

Liriodendron tulipifera, germination date, seedbed scarification, natural regeneration, harvest cutting method

Citation

Williams, Robert D. 1976. Release Accelerates Growth of Yellow-Poplar -- an 18-Year Look. Research Note NC-202. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station