Growth of white pine and red spruce trees after pruning

Grant Davis

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Growth of white pine and red spruce trees after pruning

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Grant Davis

Year:

1958

Type:

Forest Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Forest Research Note NE-83. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 2 p.

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Abstract

Are pines the only coniferous trees suitable for pruning in the Northeast, or is it feasible to prune red spruce as well? Although red spruce is an important lumber species in the spruce-fir region, it is seldom pruned because of its relatively slow rate of growth.

Citation

Davis, Grant. 1958. Growth of white pine and red spruce trees after pruning. Forest Research Note NE-83. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 2 p.