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Larger Sweetgum Seedlings are More Vigorous Two Years After Planting

In the spring of 1964, a study was established near Tillery, N.C., to test the effects of seedling size and spacing on the survival and growth of planted sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua). The study was a cooperative project of the Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Co. and the North Carolina State-Industry Cooperative Hardwood Research Program. Results presented here cover survival and total height development during the first two growing seasons after outplanting. These results are neither unusual nor unexpected. As reported for sweetgum plantings elsewhere (6, 1), survival is generally satisfactory and height development by seedling-size class follows the pattern for sycamore (3), yellow-popular (2, 5), and cypress (4). Survival and development results are reported in some detail here mainly because so little data on these variables is available for sweetgum.


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Author(s): John W. Johnson, Robert L. McElwee

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 18, Number 4 (1967)

Volume: 18

Number: 4