Oak stump sprouts in regeneration on a good site

Authors

W.W. Ward
T.W. Bowersox

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Journal of Forestry

Volume

77

Issue

10

Publisher

Society of American foresters

First Page

672

Last Page

674

Publication Date

1979

Abstract

Treatment of oak stumps with herbicides substantially reduced the percentage of stumps with living sprouts, but regeneration frequency and abundance 15 years after cutting of the stand did not differ between treated and control areas. Dominant-codominant oak stump sprouts were present on only 3 percent of the sample plots and constitued about 3.5 percent of the 373 dominant-codominants per acre. On this good site in central Pennsylvania, aspen, red maple, and black cherry seedlings and seedling sprouts completely dominated the slower growing black, scarlet, and white oak sprouts.

Recommended Citation

W. W. Ward, T.W. Bowersox. 1979. Journal of Forestry. 77(10): 672-674