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Deep planting detrimental to longleaf pines on droughty, acid sands

Longleaf pine seedlings (1-0 stock) planted at conventional root-collar depth in a Florida study were taller, healthier, and more abundant after 5 years than others planted with their terminal buds 1, 2, and 3 inches below the surface of a typical sandhill soil.


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Author(s): Russell M. Burns

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 25, Number 4 (1974)

Volume: 25

Number: 4