Herbicide and conifer options for reforesting upper slopes in the Cascade Range.

Edward J. Dimock

doi:10.2737/PNW-RP-292

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Herbicide and conifer options for reforesting upper slopes in the Cascade Range.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Edward J. Dimock

Year:

1981

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-RP-292

Source:

Res. Pap. PNW-RP-292. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 14 p

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Abstract

Nine herbicides were compared for aiding establishment of four conifer species on upper-slope forest sites dominated by sedge and beargrass. Both glyphosate and a mixture of atrazine + dalapon produced substantial and consistent gains in survival of all four conifers after 3 years.

Keywords

Herbicides (-regeneration, site preparation (-regeneration, herbicide formulations, regeneration (stands), western white pine, Engelmann spruce, noble fir, Shasta red fir

Citation

Dimock, Edward J., II. 1981. Herbicide and conifer options for reforesting upper slopes in the Cascade Range. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-292. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 14 p