Five-Year-Old Cottonwood Plantation on a Clay Site: Growth, Yield, and Soil Properties

R. M. Krinard; H. E. Kennedy

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Five-Year-Old Cottonwood Plantation on a Clay Site: Growth, Yield, and Soil Properties

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Authors:

R. M. Krinard, H. E. Kennedy

Year:

1980

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 4(2):80-83

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Abstract

A random sample of Stoneville select cottonwood (Populus deltoides Bartr.) clones planted on recent old-field clay soils at 12- by 12- foot spacing averaged 75-percent survival after five years. The growth and yield was about half that expected from planted cottonwood on medium-textured soils. Soil moisture analysis showed more height growth in years with greater moisture late in the growing season. Significantly less sod N, P, K, Ca, Mg, and organic matter were in the plantation after five years than at the start. Also, no clear relationship existed between nutrient level and fifth-year average height.

Keywords

Populus Deltoides

Citation

Krinard, R. M.; Kennedy, H. E. 1980. Five-Year-Old Cottonwood Plantation on a Clay Site: Growth, Yield, and Soil Properties. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 4(2):80-83.