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Planted Pitch Pine Responds to Fertilization

The Copper Basin is a 23,000-acre man-caused desert in the southeastern corner of Tennessee. Copper smelting, destructive logging, uncontrolled fires, and grazing have eliminated forest growth. Erosion has been severe and natural revegetation is slow. Allen reported1 results of early planting tests in the Basin with native species of pine, which showed that pitch pine (Pinus rigida) survived better than other southern pines tested on an extremely poor planting site. The success of pitch pine was attributed to rapid and extensive root development the first year after planting.


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Author(s): James W. Curlin

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 55 (1962)