Recovery of planted loblolly pine 5 years after severe ice storms in Arkansas

Don C. Bragg; Mike Shelton

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Recovery of planted loblolly pine 5 years after severe ice storms in Arkansas

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Don C. Bragg, Mike Shelton

Year:

2010

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 34(1):13-20

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Abstract

Following a severe ice storm, one of a landowner’s first considerations regarding the future of their damaged stands should be on the recovery potential of injured crop trees. The ice storms that struck Arkansas in December 2000 provided an opportunity to monitor 410 injured loblolly pines (Pinus taeda L.), representing a wide range of damage in 18 –20-year-old plantations. Five-year mortality rates were

Keywords

disturbance, glaze damage, salvage, silviculture, stand rehabilitation

Citation

Bragg, Don C.; Shelton, Michael G. 2010. Recovery of planted loblolly pine 5 years after severe ice storms in Arkansas. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. 34(1):13-20.