Growth of 31-Year-Old Baldcypress Plantation

Roger M. Krinard; Robert L. Johnson

doi:10.2737/SO-RN-339

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Growth of 31-Year-Old Baldcypress Plantation

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Authors:

Roger M. Krinard, Robert L. Johnson

Year:

1987

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-RN-339

Source:

Res. Note SO-339. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.

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Abstract

Survival of baldcypress (Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.) planted on clay soil at 6- by 10-foot spacing decreased from 41 percent at age 21 to 26 percent at age 31. In the 10-year period, average diameter increased from 6.1 to 8.6 inches, basal area from 72 to 90 square feet per acre, and total volume outside bark, for trees ~3.0 inches d.b.h., from 1,288 to 2,333 cubic feet per acre. The 30 largest cypress trees per acre averaged 14.2 inches d.b.h. and 72 feet tall at age 31.

Keywords

Taxodium distichum, artificial regeneration, diameter increment

Citation

Krinard, Roger M.; Johnson, Robert L. 1987. Growth of 31-Year-Old Baldcypress Plantation. Res. Note SO-339. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.