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Resistance to Ice Damage -A Consideration in Reforestation

In February 1969 a winter storm, described by the U.S. Weather Bureau as the most destructive in memory, struck South Carolina. "Freezing rain caused ice to accumulate rapidly on all objects and literally tens of thousands of trees broke off or were uprooted as they toppled over" (Landers 1969). The damage to woodlands was widespread and necessitated intensive salvage operations.


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Author(s): E. A. Hebb

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 22, Number 2 (1971)

Volume: 22

Number: 2