Forestry quarterly . s: Age, all, T years; size, range from 1 to 12 incheshigh; tap root, 1 to 2 feet long. Number, total, 759; under 3inches, 3S1; between 3 and 6 inches, 330; over 6 inches, 48. OneShortleaf pine seedling. Fire, etc.: Plot shows evidence of having been burned annuallyever since the seedlings started, but unfortunately it is impossibleto tell whether it was burned the first year or not. The last fire,about six weeks previous to the making of the study, had killedbut two seedlings, although it destroyed the needles on all savea few of those under 6 inches high. Extended to acre
Forestry quarterly . s: Age, all, T years; size, range from 1 to 12 incheshigh; tap root, 1 to 2 feet long. Number, total, 759; under 3inches, 3S1; between 3 and 6 inches, 330; over 6 inches, 48. OneShortleaf pine seedling. Fire, etc.: Plot shows evidence of having been burned annuallyever since the seedlings started, but unfortunately it is impossibleto tell whether it was burned the first year or not. The last fire,about six weeks previous to the making of the study, had killedbut two seedlings, although it destroyed the needles on all savea few of those under 6 inches high. Extended to acre terms there would be slightly more than3,000 seven-^ ear seedlings on this area after it had been burnedannually for at least six years. Even this number should beenough to provide for full stocking at maturity if only normallosses occurred. The chief thing which the plot shows, is what may be expectedin the way of stocking and growth, in spite of annual fires, whenoverhead and ground cover conditions are Figure 1. Seven-year-old Longleaf pine seedlings in the foreground. They have been burned annually forat least six years. Compare with growth of unburned seedlings shown below.
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