Determining Individual Tree Shade Length

Download or read book Determining Individual Tree Shade Length written by Kathleen Geier-Hayes and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998-05 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shade may be critical through the summer for conifer regeneration survival on warm, dry sites. Shadow lengths vary by latitude, aspect, & slope; southerly aspects have shorter shadows than northerly aspects at the same time. Differently shaped trees also produce different shadow lengths. This guide provides silviculturists with a method for determining tree shadow lengths in a straight line from the tree's base to the shadow tip from southern Utah to northern Idaho for May 10 through Oct. 11 on different slopes, aspects, & for two tree shapes. Charts & tables.