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Rapid Growth of Slash and Loblolly Pines on Cultivated Plots

In a small cultivated plantation near McNeill, Miss., slash pine averaged 13.0 feet in height and loblolly pine 14.2 feet after 4 years in the field. An average height of 6 to 8 feet at this age is regarded as normal on uncultivated cutover sites. In March 1956, 1-0 seedlings of slash and loblolly pines were planted on a cultivated old field that had been in grass sod for approximately 25 years. The two species were randomly mixed within eight rows. Spacing was 10 by 10 feet. A total of 143 slash and 142 loblolly pines were living at the end of the first growing season. The soil is a fine sandy loam in the Orangeburg series.


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Author(s): Lloyd F. Smith

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 46 (1961)