Prescribed burning does not reduce yield from oak-pine stands of southern New Jersey

H. A. Somes; G. R. Moorhead

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Prescribed burning does not reduce yield from oak-pine stands of southern New Jersey

Informally Refereed

Authors:

H. A. Somes, G. R. Moorhead

Year:

1950

Type:

Science Perspectives

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Station Paper NE-36. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 19 p.

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Abstract

When fire is prescribed as a silvicultural treatment, questions usually arise about the amount of damage the fire does by killing or wounding trees or by retarding growth. Some answers to these questions are now available for the oak-pine stands of southern New Jersey.

Citation

Somes, H. A.; Moorhead, G. R. 1950. Prescribed burning does not reduce yield from oak-pine stands of southern New Jersey. Station Paper NE-36. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 19 p.