Changes in tree density do not influence epicormic branching of yellow-poplar

H. Clay Smith

Changes in tree density do not influence epicormic branching of yellow-poplar

Informally Refereed

Authors:

H. Clay Smith

Year:

1977

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-239. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 3p.

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Abstract

Epicormic branching was studied in a West Virginia yellow-poplar stand thinned to various tree density levels. Study trees in the 55- to 60-year-old second-growth stand were primarily codominant in crown class with 32 to 48 feet of log height. Eight-year study results indicated that yellow-poplar trees in this age class and locale could be thinned without serious loss of log quality from epicormic branching.

Citation

Smith, H. Clay. 1977. Changes in tree density do not influence epicormic branching of yellow-poplar. Research Note NE-239. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 3p.