Understory Vegetation 3 Years After Implementing Uneven-Aged Silviculture in aShortleaf Pine-Oak Stand

摘要

The effects of retaining overstory hardwoods on understory vegetation weredetermined after implementing uneven-aged silviculture using single-tree selection in a shortleaf pin-oak stand (Pinus echinata Mill. and Quercus spp.) in the Ouachita Mountains. Treatments were the following hardwood basal areas (square feet per acre) and spatial arrangement: 0, 15-grouped, 15 scattered, 30-scattered, and untreated control.