Improving Loblolly Pine Survival in Roadbank Stabilization
Loblolly pine is used increasingly for road-bank stabilization. The northwest district of the Mississippi Highway Department has planted 5 million trees on roadbanks since 1960, more than 2 million of which have been planted along an Interstate Highway. Survival and growth of roadbank plantings have been erratic. This article reports how both were influenced when loblolly seedlings were planted with a power posthole auger and with planting bars on loessial or sandy roadbanks, and on north and south slopes.
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Author(s): Hamlin L. Williston
Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 18, Number 3 (1967)
Volume: 18
Number: 3