Root-Crown Relations of Young Sugar Maple and Yellow Birch

Carl H. Tubbs

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Root-Crown Relations of Young Sugar Maple and Yellow Birch

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Carl H. Tubbs

Year:

1977

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NC-225. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Young forest-grown sugar maple and yellow birch (1 to 6 inches d.b.h.) crowns were mapped and roots excavated. Crown dimensions were compared. Sugar maple roots usually terminated within a few feet of the crown perimeter. Yellow birch roots frequently terminated well outside crown perimeters and roots of birch were more irregularly distributed than those of maple.

Keywords

sugar maple, yellow birch, root distribution, crown dimension

Citation

Tubbs, Carl H. 1977. Root-Crown Relations of Young Sugar Maple and Yellow Birch. Research Note NC-225. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station