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Behavior and control of understory hardwoods after clear cutting a Piedmont pine stand.

Informally Refereed
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Abstract

A study was made in north-central Georgia in a typical cutover pine stand with a hardwood understory to measure the rate of hardwood invasion, the reaction of hardwood species to release, and the effectiveness of cutting burning, and grubbing as control measures in reducing hardwoods. A knowledge of understory hardwood behavior is important in establishing and maintaining pine on about one-half of the upland pine sites in the lower Piedmont, where hardwoods threaten to become dominant.

Keywords

shortleaf pine, Pinus echinata, slash pine, Pinus elliottii, seedlings, planted, Georgia, piedmont, clearcut, brush cutting, brush burning, regeneration, reproduction, Casulon Estate, Archie Patterson, Burley Lufburrow, Bannon Jones, grubbing, understory hardwoods, shade tolerant, shade intolerant

Citation

Brender, Ernst V.; Nelson, Thomas C. 1954. Behavior and control of understory hardwoods after clear cutting a Piedmont pine stand. Station Paper No. 44. Asheville, NC: USDA-Forest Service. Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 17 p.
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