Ice Damage in a Georgia Planting of Loblolly Pine from Different Seed Sources

Earle P. Jones; Osborn O. Wells

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Ice Damage in a Georgia Planting of Loblolly Pine from Different Seed Sources

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Earle P. Jones, Osborn O. Wells

Year:

1969

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Res. Note SE-126. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.

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Abstract

After a severe ice storm in south-central Georgia, the degree of ice damage in a provenance test planting of 11-year-old loblolly pines varied considerably among the nine widely seperated seed sources represented. Damage was less among tress from the colder, more inland locations than among tress from coastal areas where the climate is more moderate. In terms of volume growth, however, the superior growth rates of the tress from coastal seed sources more than offset the greater damage they sustained.

Citation

Jones, Earle P., Jr.; Wells, Osborn O. 1969. Ice Damage in a Georgia Planting of Loblolly Pine from Different Seed Sources. Res. Note SE-126. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.