Small Hardwoods Reduce Growth of Pine Overstory

Charles X. Grano

Small Hardwoods Reduce Growth of Pine Overstory

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Charles X. Grano

Year:

1970

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. SO-55. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 11 p.

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Abstract

Dense understory hardwoods materially decreased the growth of a 53-year-old and a 47-year-old stand of loblolly and shortleaf pines. Over a 14-year period, hardwood eradication with chemicals increased average annual yield from the 53-year-old stand by 14.3 cubic feet, or 123 board-feet per acre. In the 47-year-old stand the average annual treatment advantage was 32.6 cubic feet, or 342 board feet per acre, over an 11 -year period.

Citation

Grano, Charles X. 1970. Small Hardwoods Reduce Growth of Pine Overstory. Res. Pap. SO-55. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 11 p.