Soil water and xylem chemistry in declining sugar maple stands in Pennsylvania

David R. DeWalle; Bryan R. Swistock; William E. Sharpe

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Soil water and xylem chemistry in declining sugar maple stands in Pennsylvania

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Authors:

David R. DeWalle, Bryan R. Swistock, William E. Sharpe

Year:

1999

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Horsley, Stephen B.; Long, Robert P., eds. Sugar maple ecology and health: proceedings of an international symposium; 1998 June 2-4; Warren, PA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-261. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 90.

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Abstract

Evidence is accumulating that decline of sugar maple, Acer saccharum Marsh., in northern Pennsylvania may be related to overall site fertility as reflected in the chemistry of soil water and bolewood xylem. In this paper we discuss factors related to varying site fertility, including effects of soil liming, past glacialion, topographic position and soil acidification.

Parent Publication

Sugar maple ecology and health: proceedings of an international symposium

Citation

DeWalle, David R.; Swistock, Bryan R.; Sharpe, William E. 1999. Soil water and xylem chemistry in declining sugar maple stands in Pennsylvania. In: Horsley, Stephen B.; Long, Robert P., eds. Sugar maple ecology and health: proceedings of an international symposium; 1998 June 2-4; Warren, PA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-261. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station: 90.