Increasing amounts of chemical weed control increase growth of white ash, white oak, and black walnut saplings in a tall fescue sod

Abstract

Effective weed control in young deciduous plantations is often prescribed to enhance survivability and growth (Bey and others 1975). Chemical weed control often employs broadcast, strip, and spot applications that markedly affect the ground surface area treated. Our study investigates the effect of four levels of treated surface area of a tank mix of glyphosate and simazine and their potential accumulation in the soil on the growth and survival of black walnut (Juglans nigra L.), white oak (Quercus alba L.), and white ash (Fraxinus americana L.) saplings.

Parent Publication

• 13th Central Hardwoods Forest Conference

Citation

Carlisle, Jonathan D.; Geyer, Wayne A.; Van Sambeek, J. W. 2003. Increasing amounts of chemical weed control increase growth of white ash, white oak, and black walnut saplings in a tall fescue sod. In: Van Sambeek, J. W.; Dawson, Jeffery O.; Ponder Jr., Felix; Loewenstein, Edward F.; Fralish, James S., eds. Proceedings of the 13th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-234. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 449-452