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Does Seedling Dominance in Nursery Seedbeds Continue in the Plantation

Much work and discussion has been devoted to the effect of seed and seedling size on the survival and growth of seedlings in plantations. Fowells (2) found that large seed of ponderosa and Jeffrey pine produced more large seedlings than medium or small seed and that the larger seedlings, regardless of seed size, outgrew medium and small seedlings. Survival for the large seedlings was also better than for the medium and small seedlings. Stoeckeler and Limstrom (5) and Limstrom and Finn (3) found that survival and height growth of red pine was best for the larger classes of stock. Curtis (1) found that the larger red pine stock grew more rapidly the first year after planting, and that the difference in height growth continued throughout the 12-year study. He found that size classes did not significantly affect survival.


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Author(s): Edward D. Clifford

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 72 (1965)