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- Title
Effects of species mixtures on growth and stand development of Douglas-fir and red alder.
- Authors
Radosevic, Steven R.; Hibbs, David E.; Chersa, Claudio M.
- Abstract
In the Pacific Northwest, a mixture of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) and red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.) often results when red alder regenerates naturally in planted conifer stands. The relationships among stand structure, tree mortality, tree size, and understory development in the two species mixtures were explored at two sites for the first 16 years after planting. Treatments included a range of species proportions, and red alder was either planted simultaneously with Douglas-fir or planting was delayed for 5 years. Red alder was also removed from some simultaneously planted proportions. Both replacement effects (total stand density held constant) and additive effects (stand density doubled) of the interaction were considered. Red alder grew relatively better at Cascade Head Experimental Forest in the Coast Range, while Douglas-fir grew better at H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest in the less temperate Cascade Mountains. Possible production benefits from mixed plantings were examined using two methods of calculation. Potential production benefits from certain planted proportions of the two species occurred at H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. No planting time or species proportion resulted in yield improvements over monoculture stands at Cascade Head Experimental Forest. Understory species also varied because of differences in site and stand characteristics that resulted from the differences in planting times and species proportions.
- Subjects
DOUGLAS fir; RED alder; CONIFERS; FOREST conservation; FOREST management
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 2006, Vol 36, Issue 3, p768
- ISSN
0045-5067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/X05-280