Development of red oak seedlings using plastic shelters on good-to- excellent hardwood sites in West Virginia

H. Clay Smith; H. Clay Smith

doi:10.2737/NE-RP-672

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Development of red oak seedlings using plastic shelters on good-to- excellent hardwood sites in West Virginia

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Authors:

H. Clay Smith, H. Clay Smith

Year:

1993

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NE-RP-672

Source:

Res. Pap. NE-672. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 7 p.

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Abstract

Plastic shelters were used to grow red oak seedlings on good-to-excellent Appalachian hardwood growing sites in north central West Virginia. Preliminary results indicate that shelters have the potential to stimulate development of red oak seedling height growth, especially if height growth continues once the seedling tops are above the 5-foot-tall shelters.

Keywords

artificial regeneration, red oak seedlings, plastic shelters, good-to-excellent sites, Central Appalachian hardwoods

Citation

Smith, H. Clay. 1993. Development of red oak seedlings using plastic shelters on good-to- excellent hardwood sites in West Virginia. Res. Pap. NE-672. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 7 p.