Root competition slows growth of p1antings on unprepared sites in scrub oak

E. F. McNamara; Irvin C. Reigner

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Root competition slows growth of p1antings on unprepared sites in scrub oak

Informally Refereed

Authors:

E. F. McNamara, Irvin C. Reigner

Year:

1955

Type:

Forest Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Forest Research Note NE-54. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 3p.

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Abstract

Planting experiments during the past 7 years on the Dilldown Unit of the Delaware-Lehigh Experimental Forest in Pennsylvania and elsewhere in the scrub oak type have been aimed at finding methods for converting the scrub cover to more valuable timber types at least cost. Some sort of site preparation has been recognized from the beginning as essential to successful planting on much of the scrub oak land.

Citation

McNamara, E. F.; Reigner, Irvin C. 1955. Root competition slows growth of p1antings on unprepared sites in scrub oak. Forest Research Note NE-54. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 3p.