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Stock Type Affects Performance of Shortleaf Pine Planted in the Ouachita Mountains Through 10 Years

Barnett, J. P. and Brissette, J. C. IN: Proceedings of the 12th biennial southern silvicultural research conference, p. 420-422. USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, General Technical Report SRS-71. Kristina F. Connor, ed. 2004.

Abstract— Shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) seeds collected from several half-sib families were grown as both bare-rootand container stock and outplanted on two sites in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas. When outplanted, the bare-root seedlings had greater mean height and root-collar diameter than the container seedlings. However, the container seedlings had greater mean root volume and more favorable shoot-to-root ratios than the bare-root stock. Survival of both stock types was excellent, exceeding 90 percent after 10 years. The container stock performed consistently better than the bare-root at each interval measured, but there were no statistically significant interactions between stock type and half-sib family at 3, 5,or 10 years.


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Author(s): James P. Barnett, John C. Brissette

Section: Outplanting Performance