Grazing on Regeneration Sites Encourages Pine Seedling Growth

Raymond D. Ratliff; Renee G. Denton

doi:10.2737/PSW-RP-223

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Grazing on Regeneration Sites Encourages Pine Seedling Growth

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Authors:

Raymond D. Ratliff, Renee G. Denton

Year:

1995

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PSW-RP-223

Source:

Res. Paper PSW-RP-223. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 11 p

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Abstract

Effects of season-long, deferred-rotation, and rest-rotation grazing, on ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws.) seedling growth and herbaceous vegetation control were studied in regeneration sites at Boyd Hill, Modoc National Forest, California. Seedlings were planted in 1989. Pine seedling survival and damage did not differ, but the seedlings were significantly taller, with longer leaders with season-long grazing than without grazing. Treatment comparisons for plant group and non-plant percent cover differed only for litter and bare soil, but cover and composition of bottlebrush squirreltail (Elymus elymoides [Raf.] Swezey) were greater without grazing.

Keywords

Ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa, survival and damage, range condition, cattle, plantation

Citation

Ratliff, Raymond D.; Denton, Renee G. 1995. Grazing on Regeneration Sites Encourages Pine Seedling Growth. Res. Paper PSW-RP-223. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 11 p