Widespread sugar maple decline and regeneration failure in the Adirondacks

Jerry C. Jenkins; Elizabeth Moffett; Daphne Ross

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Widespread sugar maple decline and regeneration failure in the Adirondacks

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Authors:

Jerry C. Jenkins, Elizabeth Moffett, Daphne Ross

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: 113.

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Abstract

Over large areas of the Adirondacks, hardwood stands whose canopies are dominated by or contain abundant mature sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) have almost no sugar maple saplings or seedlings in the understory.

Parent Publication

Sugar maple ecology and health: proceedings of an international symposium

Citation

Jenkins, Jerry C.; Moffett, Elizabeth; Ross, Daphne. 1999. Widespread sugar maple decline and regeneration failure in the Adirondacks. 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: 113.