scholarly journals A Red Pine Case History: Development of the Rockland Plantation From 1914 to 1986

1990 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 606-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. W. von Althen ◽  
W. M. Stiell

Growth data are presented for a 72-year-old plantation of red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) at Rockland, Ontario, part of which was thinned four times between 1938 and 1972 and part of which was left unthinned. Height growth in both parts ceased between stand ages 67 and 72 years. During the same 5-year period, gross periodic increment was 551 ft3/ac (38.6 m3/ha) in the thinned stand while in the unthinned stand mortality exceeded gross periodic increment by 187 ft3/ac (13.1 m3/ha).

1993 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Newnham

Growth data are presented by 5-year intervals from age 20 to 45 years for a natural stand of red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) in eastern Ontario. At age 45 years, the top height (100 largest trees/ha) was 21.3 m and the volume 448 m3/ha, with little evidence of any decline in either height or volume growth. Site index was approximately 24 m (at age 50 years) which is considerably superior to Plonski's site class 1 (Plonski 1974). Growth appears to be comparable to that of unmanaged plantations growing on the best sites on the Petawawa Research Forest. Height-diameter regressions are calculated for each plot measurement and compared with a combined regression for all plot measurements. The Weibull function was used to fit diameter distributions.


1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Clements

Young red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) trees were grown under three watering treatments from late summer until early fall and under two watering treatments again the next spring. Size of apical buds, date of bud swell and bud burst in the spring, number of needle fascicles on the new shoots, shoot length, and needle-fascicle spacing were related to the first treatments. Most of these plant responses were correlated with bud size, and the correlations were unaffected by the spring watering treatments. The effect of treatments was on magnitude only, i.e. on mean sizes or mean numbers of the plant organs.In all cases in this experiment watering treatments during elongation had no effect on the results. Therefore in a species such as red pine, with determinate height growth, environment during bud formation played an important role in determining later shoot responses by acting on the bud size.Possibly the relationships reported here are genetically characteristic, unalterable by environment or at least by water alone. In this case the effect of environment on the trees was a proportionate increase or decrease in the size or number of plant organs.


1964 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 384-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Mullin

The tenth-year survival and height data for an experiment which compared five depths of planting (−2, −1, 0, +1 and +2 inches), and two methods of planting, slit (with spade) and wedge (side-hole, with spade), of red pine, Pinus resinosa Ait., are given.Survival was found to increase with depth of planting whereas height growth was best with shallow planting in the 0 to +1 range. As the effect on height growth was minor in comparison with the effect on survival it was concluded that planting slightly below nursery level was best.The poorer survival (about 10%) and height growth (about 13%) of the trees planted by the slit method was not significant, although the experimental design permitted only a coarse comparison.


1978 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 253-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. W. von Althen ◽  
W. M. Stiell ◽  
R. B. Forster

Growth data for a 62-year old plantation of red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) at Rockland, Ontario, part of which was thinned four times between 1938 and 1972, and part of which was left unthinned, are presented for the two stand conditions, together with associated product yields and economic implications of alternative treatments. The investment in thinning, when based on historical costs and revenues, was attractive: the thinning program increased net present worth at each stage. When based on current costs and revenues, with no increase at an assumed inflation rate, the investment in thinning was less attractive, and it was not proved conclusively that the thinning program would be profitable. Financial growth peaked at a rotation age of approximately 50 years.


1963 ◽  
Vol 95 (5) ◽  
pp. 522-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Talerico ◽  
Herman J. Heikkenen ◽  
William E. Miller

AbstractHeight growth and number of side branches developing the first growth season after chemical suppression of the European pine shoot moth, Rhyacionia buoliana (Schiff.), were measured on 40 treated and nontreated plots of red pine, Pinus resinosa Ait., in Michigan. Some plots had been treated during the summer-treatment period and some during the spring-treatment period. Summer treatment increased the height growth and number of side branches over no treatment; the degree of chemical suppression was useful in estimating tree growth during the following growing season. In contrast, spring suppression had no effect on height growth and number of side branches.


2010 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali A Rahi ◽  
Colin Bowling ◽  
Dale Simpson

Survival, total height and diameter at breast height (DBH) were measured in the fall of 2005 in a 48-year-old red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) provenance trial growing in northwestern Ontario. There was significant variation in both height and diameter among the 23 provenances. Generally, westerly provenances performed well while those from the Maritime Provinces exhibited relatively poor growth. Considering that the plantation is at the northern biological range of red pine, survival was high, averaging 96% after 48 years. Provenances with the best growth rates exceeded a volume of 420 m3 ha-1. Some provenances from Minnesota and Wisconsin as well as Fort Frances, Ontario exhibited superior growth and should be considered as seed sources for future planting programs in northwestern Ontario. Key words: red pine, provenance test, survival, diameter, height, volume, Northwestern Ontario


1956 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. A. Lyons

The seed capacity of red pine cones varies from about 30 to over 110, depending on the size of the cone and its position in the tree crown, and is determined by the number of ovules that are structurally complete at the time of pollination. These ovules occur in a central "productive" region and constitute less than one-half of the total. The remaining ovules, most: of which are in the proximal part of the cone, never become structurally perfect, and do not contribute to seed production. Abortion of ovules in the productive region usually reduces seed production efficiency to 50–60%, and is accompanied mainly by withering of the nucellus in the first year and failure to produce archegonia early in the second year. The extent of ovule abortion during the first year varies indirectly with cone size, seed capacity, and height in tree.


1982 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. M. Stiell

Fifteen-year results are presented for a thinning experiment made in 13-year-old red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.), designed to compare growth of trees in 4-tree clumps with that of uniformly spaced trees, in both cases growing at 890 stems/ha. By the end of the period, average crown size, form class and height were about the same for both stands, but growth by trees in clumps had been less for dbh and for basal area and total volume per hectare. Clumped trees had a significant tendency to lean away from each other. It was concluded that control of inter-tree spacing at planting or thinning is justified to the extent that clumps of more than three adjacent trees be avoided.


1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Clausen ◽  
T. T. Kozlowski

Adaptations of Weatherley's relative turgidity technique (Weatherley 1950), fitting it for use with red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.), white pine (P. strobus L.), balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.), and eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr.) are described. Results of preliminary investigations of sampling variation between trees, whorls, and needle ages in red pine are presented.


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