Photographic guide to crown condition of oaks: use for gypsy moth silviculture

Kurt W. Gottschalk; Russ W. MacFarlane

doi:10.2737/NE-GTR-168

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Photographic guide to crown condition of oaks: use for gypsy moth silviculture

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Authors:

Kurt W. Gottschalk, Russ W. MacFarlane

Year:

1993

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NE-GTR-168

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-168. Radnor, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 8 p.

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Abstract

Color photographs as guides to assessing crown condition of oaks are provided. Use of crown condition for gypsy moth vulnerability rating and silvicultural treatments to minimize gypsy moth impacts are presented.

Keywords

Keywords oak-hickory forest type, Quercus spp, Lymantria dispar (L), tree vigor, intermediate stand treatments, salvage cutting

Citation

Gottschalk, Kurt W.; MacFarlane, Russ W. 1993. Photographic guide to crown condition of oaks: use for gypsy moth silviculture. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-168. Radnor, PA: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 8 p.