Controlling shrubs on wet slash pine sites

Lloyd F. Smith

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Controlling shrubs on wet slash pine sites

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Lloyd F. Smith

Year:

1963

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Res. Note SO-4

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Abstract

Cutting stems near groundline and spraying the fresh stumps with 2,4,5-T in diesel oil killed 99 percent of the plants within 2 years, but cost twice as much as a foliage spray with 2,4,5-T in water, which killed 66 percent.

Keywords

herbicide, McNeill Experimental Forest, slash pine, understory

Citation

Smith, Lloyd F. 1963. Controlling shrubs on wet slash pine sites. Res. Note SO-4. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 2 p.