Abstract
Planting oaks in abandoned agricultural fields and pastures in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley has received much attention in the past 20 years. A common afforestation prescription is to plant oaks on a 12- x 12-ft spacing. Recently, concern has been expressed about planting 302 oaks per acre and the resulting effects of early intra-specific competition following canopy closure. Recommendations have included planting a greater number of species in intimate mixtures, but little is known about how such stands will develop.
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Citation
Lockhart, Brian R.; Ezell, Andrew W.; Hodges, John D.; Clatterbuck, Wayne K. 2005. Comparative development of planted cherrybark oak-sweetgum mixtures: implications for future mixed-species plantings in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley. In: Weigel, D.R.; Van Sambeek, J.W.; Michler, C.H., eds. Ninth workshop on seedling physiology and growth problems in oak plantings. 2004 October 18-20; West Lafayette, IN. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-262. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 11.
