Does bedding promote pine survival and growth on ditched wet sands?

Ralph A. Klawitter

Treesearch

Does bedding promote pine survival and growth on ditched wet sands?

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Ralph A. Klawitter

Year:

1970

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-109. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.

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Abstract

Results from a study of prepared beds for planting slash pine on a wet sandy flat in Florida were inconclusive. Early growth was improved, but survival was not; and differences between a bedded site and an unbedded site were slight.

Citation

Klawitter, Ralph A. 1970. Does bedding promote pine survival and growth on ditched wet sands?. Research Note NE-109. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.