Field response of red oak, pin cherry and black cherry seedlings to a light gradient

M.R. Roberts

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Field response of red oak, pin cherry and black cherry seedlings to a light gradient

Informally Refereed

Authors:

M.R. Roberts

Year:

1991

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: McCormick, Larry H.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, 8th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 1991 March 4-6; University Park, PA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-148. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 592-593.

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Abstract

The objective of this study is to determine the relationship between light conditions and the growth of natural seedlings of red oak (Quercus rubra L.), pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica L.) and black cherry (P. serotina Ehrh.) growing under a range of canopy densities in northwestern Pennsylvania.

Parent Publication

Proceedings, 8th Central Hardwood Forest Conference

Citation

Roberts, M.R. 1991. Field response of red oak, pin cherry and black cherry seedlings to a light gradient. In: McCormick, Larry H.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, 8th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 1991 March 4-6; University Park, PA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-148. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 592-593.