Two Years Necessary for Successful Natural Seeding in Nonbrushy Black Spruce Bogs

Elon S. Verry; Arthur E. Elling

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Two Years Necessary for Successful Natural Seeding in Nonbrushy Black Spruce Bogs

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Elon S. Verry, Arthur E. Elling

Year:

1978

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NC-229. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Natural seeding in a strip-cut black spruce bog was adequate, averaging 1,800 stems per acre and 80 percent milacre stocking. natural seeding in a completely cut bog was inadequate, averaging 630 stems per acre and 40 percent milacre stocking. Slash was removed to expose sphagnum seedbeds in both cases. Progressive cutting every other year is recommended.

Keywords

Picea mariana, direct seeding, swamp conifers, conifer reproduction, peatlands, Minnesota

Citation

Verry, Elon S.; Elling, Arthur E. 1978. Two Years Necessary for Successful Natural Seeding in Nonbrushy Black Spruce Bogs. Research Note NC-229. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station