May Burning Favors Survival and Early Height Growth of Longleaf Pine Seedlings
- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Southern Journal of Applied Forestry
- Vol. 7 (1) , 16-20
- https://doi.org/10.1093/sjaf/7.1.16
Abstract
After seven annual May burns, grass-stage longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) seedling survival averaged 71 percent, significantly higher than survival on a biennial May burn, an annual or biennial March burn, or an unburned control. Seedling height growth on the annual May burn was no better than that on the biennial May burn, but both May burns significantly exceeded the other treatments in height growth. The annual May burn also provided greatest survival and growth for longleaf seedlings that had begun height growth before the study began.Keywords
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