Plantation Spacing Affects Early Growth of Planted Virginia Pine

T.E. Russell

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Plantation Spacing Affects Early Growth of Planted Virginia Pine

Informally Refereed

Authors:

T.E. Russell

Year:

1979

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Res. Note SO-248. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.

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Abstract

Spacings ranging from 4 x 4 to 8 x 8 ft did not affect 15 year height growth of Virginia pines planted on a cutover Cumberland Plateau site. Wider spacings produced trees of larger diameters than did closer spacings; closer spacings had more basal area and volume. Although height to the base of the live crown increased as spacing narrowed, self-pruning was poor at all spacings.

Keywords

Pinus virginiana Mill, artificial regeneration of pines

Citation

Russell, T.E. 1979. Plantation Spacing Affects Early Growth of Planted Virginia Pine. Res. Note SO-248. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.