Germination, survival and early growth of conifer seedlings in two habitat types.

Don Minore

doi:10.2737/PNW-RP-348

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Germination, survival and early growth of conifer seedlings in two habitat types.

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Authors:

Don Minore

Year:

1986

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-RP-348

Source:

Res. Pap. PNW-RP-347. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 63 p

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Abstract

Conifer seeds were sown in clearcut Abies amabilis/Achlys triphylla and Abies amabilis/Vaccinium membranaceum/Xerophyllum tenax habitat types in the McKenzie River basin in Oregon to determine ratios of seeds to established seedlings. Protection from animal predation and shade from stumps were beneficial, but survival and growth did not differ significantly between habitat types or among humus treatments. Germination in the greenhouse was earlier and more prolonged on soils from the Achlys type.

Keywords

seedling growth, habitat types, seedling survival, germination (seed)

Citation

Minore, Don. 1986. Germination, survival and early growth of conifer seedlings in two habitat types. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-348. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 63 p