Control of sprouting of tanoak and madrone stumps

G. H. Schubert

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Control of sprouting of tanoak and madrone stumps

Informally Refereed

Authors:

G. H. Schubert

Year:

1950

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Res. Note 74. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, California Forest and Range Experiment Station. 2 p

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Abstract

In part of the high-site-quality pine and fir types of California, stand improvement cuttings are made especially difficult by the sprouting habit of tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflora Hook. and Arn. ) and madrone (Arbutus menziesii Pursh.). The stumps of these species sprout so vigorously that release of the favored crop trees is only temporary. How to control this sprouting on areas dedicated to production of conifers was the object of a small test on the Challenge Experimental Forest.

Citation

Schubert, G. H. 1950. Control of sprouting of tanoak and madrone stumps. Res. Note 74. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, California Forest and Range Experiment Station. 2 p.