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Home → Publications → Tree Planters' Notes → Tree Planters' Notes Issue 43 (1960) → Legumes Fail to Benefit Loblolly Pine Plantings in North Mississippi

Legumes Fail to Benefit Loblolly Pine Plantings in North Mississippi

Three herbaceous legume species were planted with loblolly pine seedlings in an attempt to improve survival and growth of pine on gullied or severely sheet-eroded land in north Mississippi. It was reasoned that the legumes might protect the site until the pine seedlings became large enough to take over, and also might protect the pine from tip moths by acting as a mechanical barrier for the first year or two.


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Author(s): D. C. McClurkin

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 43 (1960)