Effect of seedbed preparation on natural reproduction of spruce and hemlock under dense shade

Grant Davis; Arthur C. Hart

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Effect of seedbed preparation on natural reproduction of spruce and hemlock under dense shade

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Grant Davis, Arthur C. Hart

Year:

1961

Type:

Science Perspectives

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Station Paper NE-160. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 12 p.

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Abstract

The cutting practices commonly recommended for spruce-fir stands in the Northeast involve uneven-aged management. The success of this type of management is predicated upon stand structures that have a range of size classes from seedlings to mature trees in intimate mixture. This kind of stand structure requires a continuous supply of reproduction of desirable species. And this reproduction must be established under an overstory.

Citation

Davis, Grant; Hart, Arthur C. 1961. Effect of seedbed preparation on natural reproduction of spruce and hemlock under dense shade. Station Paper NE-160. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 12 p.