Shade tolerance of selected afforestation species on Loess Plateau, China

Naijiang Wang; Yong Wang; Callie Schweitzer

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Shade tolerance of selected afforestation species on Loess Plateau, China

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Authors:

Naijiang Wang, Yong Wang, Callie Schweitzer

Year:

2011

Type:

General Technical Report - Proceedings

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Fei, Songlin; Lhotka, John M.; Stringer, Jeffrey W.; Gottschalk, Kurt W.; Miller, Gary W., eds. Proceedings, 17th central hardwood forest conference; 2010 April 5-7; Lexington, KY; Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-78. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 663.

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Abstract

To select tree and vegetation species for afforestation on Loess Plateau of China, we tested the shade tolerance of nine tree and one vine species. We planted 3-year-old seedlings in the greenhouse of the Seedling Nursery at Northwest Agriculture and Forest University in China.

Parent Publication

Proceedings, 17th Central Hardwood Forest Conference

Citation

Wang, Naijiang; Wang, Yong; Schweitzer, Callie J. 2011. Shade tolerance of selected afforestation species on Loess Plateau, China. In: Fei, Songlin; Lhotka, John M.; Stringer, Jeffrey W.; Gottschalk, Kurt W.; Miller, Gary W., eds. Proceedings, 17th central hardwood forest conference; 2010 April 5-7; Lexington, KY; Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-78. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 663.