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Planting of Basswood is Successful in Hardwood Cutovers

Basswood (Tilia americana L.) is an important species in the lumber industry. It is capable of producing high quality saw logs over a shorter rotation than many other tolerant hardwoods, and commands a steady, high price on the market. On suitable sites, the aim is a basswood stand composition of 15 to 25 percent by volume. Natural regeneration generally will not produce this level of stocking. In southern Ontario, basswood plantings are few and what there are (2) have been established outside the forest. This report summarizes the results from plantings in hardwood cutovers in the Tweed Forest District, a 3,500 square mile area of forested land where basswood is a climax species of the sugar maple-beech- (yellow birch) forest type. The survival and growth of basswood nursery stock is satisfactory, and planting can be recommended under certain forest conditions on northern hardwood sites between the latitudes of 44°15' and 45°45' N., an area known as the south central and southeastern regions of southern Ontario.


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Author(s): George Stroempl

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 22, Number 1 (1971)

Volume: 22

Number: 1