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The Effect of Preplanting Ground Treatment on Early Survival and Growth of Planted White Spruce

In 1952 an experiment was begun at the Riding Mountain Forest Experimental Area in Manitoba to test the effectiveness of two preplanting ground treatments on the early survival and growth of white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) transplants planted on a moderately well-drained, grey-wooded soil with a clay-loam texture (moisture regime 3 according to Hills' classification of site) (1). The planting site, a slope facing south, supported a few scattered, mature white birch (Betula papyrifera Marsh.) and a continuous, strongly developed cover of beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta Marsh.)


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Author(s): R. M. Waldron

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 65 (1964)