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Rodent Girdling of Virginia Pine Related to Amount of Ground Cover Herbs

In highway landscaping for bank cover and erosion control, two species of plants were established in 1960. Virginia pine seedlings (Pinus virginiana) were planted bare root on 8-foot centers, and Serecia lespedeza was seeded at the rate of 4 pounds of seed per acre. In the spring of 1965, several 24- to 48-inch pine trees had brown needles. On inspection, these trees showed girdling by rodents at or near the soil line. Many surface trails and holes of field or pine mice were in evidence in areas of thick ground cover.


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Author(s): J. H. Tinga, F. W. Garrett

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 77 (1966)