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Seasonal changes in the major ash constituents of leaves and some woody components of trembling aspen and red osier dogwood

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volume

56

Issue

15

First Page

1798

Last Page

1803

Publication Date

1978

Abstract

Concentrations of N, P, K, Ca, and Mg were determined at monthly intervals over the growing season in the leaves, twig bark, and twig wood of Populus tremuloides Michx. (trembling aspen) and in the leaves and stems of Cornus stolonifera Michx. (red osier dogwood) in southern Ontario. Concentrations of N, P, and K in the leaves of both species decreased from May to August. Levels of Mg and Ca increased. Nutrient changes in aspen twigs during the May to September period, with the exception of magnesium, followed the reverse direction to those in the leaves. Seasonal changes in all of the nutrients in twigs were very small. Seasonal nutrient variability in red osier stems was also slight, but concentrations of Mg and Ca showed a July peak, and K showed a peak in June. N and P declined from early spring to midsummer but by September in dogwood the levels had returned to the April values.

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