Effect of simulated ice storm damage on loblolly pine tree and stand growth

Thomas Hennessey; Thomas Lynch; Rodney E. Will; Robert Heinemann; Randal Holeman; Dennis Wilson

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Effect of simulated ice storm damage on loblolly pine tree and stand growth

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Thomas Hennessey, Thomas Lynch, Rodney E. Will, Robert Heinemann, Randal Holeman, Dennis Wilson

Year:

2012

Type:

Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

In: Butnor, John R., ed. 2012. Proceedings of the 16th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. e-Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-156. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 381-382.

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Abstract

Ice damage to loblolly pine plantations is a recurrent problem in eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas with significant ice events occurring recently in 1995, twice in 2000, and in 2007. Following ice damage, forest owners need to decide to clear-cut and replant, thin or partial cut to rehabilitate, or take no action. A quantitative assessment of tree and stand growth in response to varying levels of ice induced crown damage is currently lacking that would allow informed decisions regarding stand termination or continuance.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 16th biennial southern silvicultural research conference

Citation

Will, Rodney E.; Hennessey, Thomas; Lynch, Thomas; Heinemann, Robert; Holeman, Randal; Wilson, Dennis. 2012. Effect of simulated ice storm damage on loblolly pine tree and stand growth. In: Butnor, John R., ed. 2012. Proceedings of the 16th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. e-Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-156. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 381-382.