Snow bending of sugar pine and ponderosa seedlings ... injury not permanent.

William W. Oliver

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Snow bending of sugar pine and ponderosa seedlings ... injury not permanent.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

William W. Oliver

Year:

1970

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Res. Note PSW-RN-225. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 4 p

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Abstract

Sugar pine and ponderosa pine seedlings in the Sierra Nevada, California, with stems bent by heavy snow loads were photographed the next summer and 10 years later. The photographs show that all trees recovered, leaving no permanent stem crook.

Keywords

Pinus lambertiana, Pinus ponderosa, snow damage

Citation

Oliver, William W. 1970. Snow bending of sugar pine and ponderosa seedlings ... injury not permanent. Res. Note PSW-RN-225. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 4 p