Evaluation of sulfur dioxide injury to vegetation on federal lands near the Anaconda copper smelter at Anaconda, Montana

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1974

OSTI ID:5195690

Carlson, C E

Mason (1915) reported that up to 9 miles distance from the smelter nearly all lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta v. latifolia Engelm.) and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) were killed by the fumes and that some damage up to 30 miles distant was found. He grouped conifers common to the area by sensitivity to SO/sub 2/ in terms of mortality as follows: Subalpine fir, Douglas-fir, Lodgepole pine, Engelmann spruce, Juniper, and Limber pine. Scheffer and Hedgcock (1955) reported that in 1910-11 lodgepole pine, Douglas-fir, and subalpine fir were damaged up to 18, 20, and 22 miles from the smelter, respectively. Abortive cones were numerous, and seedlings would not survive for more than 1 or 2 years. Diameter growth showed a significant decline. 8 references, 4 figures, 1 table.

• OSTI ID: 5195690
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CONIFERS
COPPER
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EROSION
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TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TREES
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