Regeneration in United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service mixed conifer partial cuttings in the Blue Mountains of Oregon and Washington.

K.W. Seidel; S. Conrade Head

doi:10.2737/PNW-RP-310

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Regeneration in United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service mixed conifer partial cuttings in the Blue Mountains of Oregon and Washington.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

K.W. Seidel, S. Conrade Head

Year:

1983

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-RP-310

Source:

Res. Pap. PNW-RP-310. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 20 p

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Abstract

A survey in the Blue Mountains of north-eastern Oregon and southeastern Washington showed that, on the average, partial cuts in the grand fir/big huckleberry community were well stocked with a mixture of advance, natural post-harvest, and planted reproduction of a number of species. Partial cuts in the mixed conifer/pinegrass community had considerably fewer seedlings; some plots were understocked. Much of the understocking appeared to be related to low and irregular overstory density, lack of advance reproduction, reproduction destroyed by logging, and heavy grass cover.

Keywords

Regeneration (stand), partial cutting, regeneration (artificial), regeneration (natural), mixed stands, Blue Mountains (Oregon), Blue Mountains (Washington)

Citation

Seidel, K.W.; Head, S. Conrade. 1983. Regeneration in United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service mixed conifer partial cuttings in the Blue Mountains of Oregon and Washington. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-310. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 20 p