Germination & Growth of Paper Birch & Yellow Birch in Simulated Strip Cuttings

Download or read book Germination & Growth of Paper Birch & Yellow Birch in Simulated Strip Cuttings written by David A. Marquis and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Seed germination and seedling establishment of paper birch (Betula papyrifera Marsh.) and yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britton) are most satisfactory where there is abundant soil moisture and freedom from excessively high soil temperature. In a cutover forest, these conditions occur most frequently in areas shaded from direct sunlight and on scarified seedbeds that contain exposed mineral soil (1.4). Attempts to encourage birch regeneration, then, could logically take two forms: use of cutting methods that provide the optimum degree of shade, and/or seedbed preparation. The study reported here deals with the first possibility.S3.