Coppicing to convert small cull trees to growing stock

Gerald A. Walters

Treesearch

Coppicing to convert small cull trees to growing stock

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Gerald A. Walters

Year:

1972

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Res. Note PSW-RN-272. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 4 p

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Abstract

Several tree species are now being planted in Hawaii to reforest areas on which firetree (Myrica faya Ait.)-a plant pest of little commercial value-has been killed. The potential of converting cull trees of five ofthe replacement species into growing stock trees by coppicing was evaluated. Australian toon and tropical ash showed the greatest potential for conversion; hoop-pine and Moreton-Bay-chestnut, intermediate potential; and Queensland-maple, least potential. Stump decay was not a factor with any species. And pruning paint did not affect decay or sprout behavior in any species.

Keywords

Myrica faya, conversion, Toona australis, Fraxinus uhdei, treatment (silviculture), coppice regeneration

Citation

Walters, Gerald A. 1972. Coppicing to convert small cull trees to growing stock. Res. Note PSW-RN-272. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 4 p