Hardwood Regrowth and Yields on Bottomland Clay Soil Following Clearcutting

Roger M. Krinard; Robert L. Johnson

doi:10.2737/SO-RN-323

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Hardwood Regrowth and Yields on Bottomland Clay Soil Following Clearcutting

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Roger M. Krinard, Robert L. Johnson

Year:

1986

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-RN-323

Source:

Res. Note SO-323. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.

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Abstract

Five years of regrowth of a clearcut hardwood stand on the Delta Experimental Forest in Mississippi were evaluated to determine growth and development and biomass yields. Dry weight mean annual increments for years 1 through 5 following harvesting of an 1 l-year-old hardwood stand on Sharkey clay soil were 0.6, 1.9, 2.4, 3.5, and 3.2 tons per acre per year, respectively. Tallest trees cut during the 5 years averaged 8, 11, 13, 18, and 19 feet. Major species were green ash, Nuttall oak, American elm, sugarberry, water hickory, and roughleaf dogwood.

Keywords

Stand development, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Ulmus americana, Celtis laevigata, Quercus nuttallii, Carya aquatica, Cornus drummondii, biomass, slackwater sites

Citation

Krinard, Roger M.; Johnson, Robert L. 1986. Hardwood Regrowth and Yields on Bottomland Clay Soil Following Clearcutting. Res. Note SO-323. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.