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9-year evaluation of the effects of herbaceous competition on upland hardwoods that developed from sprouts on cutover sites. Forest Service research paper

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:56480

Growth of 200 arborescent hardwoods per acre was monitored as part of an intensive competition control study in naturally regenerated, even-aged stands loblolly (pinus taeda L.) and shortleaf (P. echinata Mill.) pines in southern Arkansas. A 3-year-old thicket of brush on two 5-acre clearcuts was mowed above pine stumps to create a uniform height of vegetative cover. Pines regenerated by natural seeding, and hardwoods developed from sprouts. The study involved two levels of competition control: check, with no herbaceous control, and herbaceous control for 4 consecutive years using herbicides.

Research Organization:
Forest Service, New Orleans, LA (United States). Southern Forest Experiment Station
OSTI ID:
56480
Report Number(s):
PB--95-201091/XAB; FSRP-SO--284
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English