M. N. Todhunter

Analysis of Nine-Year-Old Sawtooth Oak Planted on Two Sites

Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima) seedlings of unknown provenance were planted on International Paper Company's Southlands Experiment Forest, Bainbridge, Georgia, on 2 sites, an old-field and a wild-land site. Treatments consisted of all oak, oak and loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), all pine, cultivation, and fertilization. After 9 years, pine was significantly larger (P < 0.05) than oak on both sites. On the old-field site neither cultivation nor fertilization showed a significant influence on the growth of either species. However, on the wild-land site cultivation significantly increased...