Document Type
Newsletter
Volume
8
Issue
1
Editor
Paul Rogers
Publisher
Western Aspen Alliance
Publication Date
2-2017
First Page
1
Last Page
4
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Abstract
How to maintain extensive stands of aspen in managed boreal forests
Victor Lieffers
Historically, Alberta had some of the largest expanses of aspen stands anywhere in North America. These aspen-dominated forests are the young stages of boreal forest succession; aspen stands are usually overtopped by white spruce starting by year 60. Stands naturally transition from aspen dominated, to mixed aspen-spruce, to spruce dominated with succession. As Western Canada has frequent dry periods, large fires often restart these forests, back to aspen—regenerating mostly by root suckers. Thusly, pure aspen stands were plentiful on the landscape.
Recommended Citation
Western Aspen Alliance, "Tremblings, February 2017" (2017). Tremblings. Paper 31.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/tremblings/31