Guying to prevent wind sway influences loblolly pine growth and wood properties

James D. Burton; Diana M. Smith

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Guying to prevent wind sway influences loblolly pine growth and wood properties

Informally Refereed

Authors:

James D. Burton, Diana M. Smith

Year:

1972

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Res.Pap. SO-80. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 8 p.

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Abstract

Restraining young loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) trees from normal swaying in the wind markedly reduced radial growth in the immobilized portion of the bole and accelerated it in the upper, free-swaying portion. Guying also reduced specific gravity, number of earlywood and latewood tracheids, latewood tracheid diameter, and amount of compression wood, but not percentage of latewood.

Citation

Burton, James D.; Smith, Diana M. 1972. Guying to prevent wind sway influences loblolly pine growth and wood properties. Res.Pap. SO-80. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 8 p.