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Predicting Recovery of Tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus) and Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii) after Cutting or Burning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

John C. Tappeiner II ,
Timothy B. Harrington  and
John D. Walstad
John C. Tappeiner II
Affiliation:
School of For., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 97331. Financial support for this study came from the U.S. Dep. Int. Bureau of Land Manage. and U.S. Dep. Agric. For. Serv. through the southwest Oregon For. Intensive Res. Program Grant No. PNW-80-85
Timothy B. Harrington
Affiliation:
School of For., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 97331. Financial support for this study came from the U.S. Dep. Int. Bureau of Land Manage. and U.S. Dep. Agric. For. Serv. through the southwest Oregon For. Intensive Res. Program Grant No. PNW-80-85
John D. Walstad
Affiliation:
School of For., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 97331. Financial support for this study came from the U.S. Dep. Int. Bureau of Land Manage. and U.S. Dep. Agric. For. Serv. through the southwest Oregon For. Intensive Res. Program Grant No. PNW-80-85
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Abstract

The development of 157 tanoak [Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. and Am.) Rehd.] and 130 Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii Pursh) sprout-clumps 1 to 6 yr after cutting or burning was studied on a range of sites in southwest Oregon. The width and area of sprout-clumps originating from trees ≥ 2-cm stem diameter at 1.4-m height of both species was related to the size of the parent stem and time since cutting (tanoak, r2 = 0.77 and 0.75; Pacific madrone, r2 = 0.84 and 0.83). The sprouting capacity of tanoak develops slowly, and 5 to 6 yr after cutting, sprout-clumps produced by small tanoak 40 to 50 yr old averaged only 37 cm in diameter. Prediction equations, along with stem-diameter distributions of these species in forest stands, can be used to estimate hardwood foliar cover up to 6 yr after cutting.

Keywords

Competitionsprouting-shrub controlhardwood controlunderstory speciesforests, southwestern Oregonforestsnorthern California
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Special Topics
Information
Weed Science , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , May 1984 , pp. 413 - 417
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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