Five-year results of a ponderosa pine provenance study in the Black Hills

James L. Van Deusen

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Five-year results of a ponderosa pine provenance study in the Black Hills

Informally Refereed

Authors:

James L. Van Deusen

Year:

1974

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Res. Note RM-RN-278. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 4 p.

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Abstract

Survival and height growth data were collected after five field growing seasons from ponderosa pine progeny representing 75 provenances of natural stands in the Great Plains and Northern Rockies. Results showed that trees from no other provenance survived significantly better or grew significantly taller than trees from the Black Hills. Trees from southern Colorado, New Mexico, and western Montana showed significantly poorer survival and height growth. High mortality evidently resulted from a combination of intense grass competition and root rot.

Keywords

provenance study, Pinus ponderosa

Citation

Van Deusen, James L. 1974. Five-year results of a ponderosa pine provenance study in the Black Hills. Res. Note RM-RN-278. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 4 p.