Heavy snowfalls damage Virginia pine

Richard H. Fenton

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Heavy snowfalls damage Virginia pine

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Richard H. Fenton

Year:

1959

Type:

Science Perspectives

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Station Paper NE-127. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 7 p.

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Abstract

In the Coastal Plain from Virginia to Pennsylvania, snowstorms heavy enough to damage trees are unusual. Weather Bureau records for the general area show that heavy snowfall - 8 to 25 inches in a single storm - occurs at an average frequency of about once in 7 years.

Citation

Fenton, Richard H. 1959. Heavy snowfalls damage Virginia pine. Station Paper NE-127. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 7 p.