Authors: |
Kenneth E. Trousdell |
Year: |
1970 |
Type: |
Research Note |
Station: |
Southern Research Station |
Source: |
Res. Note SE-133. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 6 p. |
Abstract
In the Virginia Coastal Plain, the effects of disking and of three series of prescribed burns on crown coverage and height of regenerating loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) and competing hardwoods and shrubs were compared after 6 years. One winter burn followed by three annual summer burns just before harvesting was the site preparation most effective in reducing hardwood competition. Space not occupied by sprouting hardwoods and shrubs was captured by pine regeneration.
Citation
Trousdell, Kenneth E. 1970. Disking and Prescribed Burning: Sixth-Year Residual Effects on Loblolly Pine and Competing Vegetation. Res. Note SE-133. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 6 p.