Forest Research: Open Access
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Department of Forestry and Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA

Publications

• Research Article   
  Initial Seedling Survival and Growth of Western Coast and Mexican Pine Species in East Texas
  Author(s): Alexandria Cook, Brian P. Oswald*, K. Rebecca Kidd, Hans M. Williams and Anusha Shrestha
  
  The southeastern United States produces almost a quarter of the world’s timber, and a potential shift in growing conditions influencing tree survival and growth could be ecologically and economically detrimental. Changing climates has prompted concern as droughts are becoming more severe and frequent, and in East Texas, non-native species adapted to predicted conditions might be considered. Loblolly (P. taeda) with two western United States pine species (ponderosa, Pinus ponderosa and Jeffrey pine P. jeffreyi) were planted in 2021 and shortleaf (P. enchinata) pine with Mexican pine species (Caribbean, P. caribaea, Durango, P. durangensis, and Mexican weeping P. patula) seedlings were planted in 2023. Survival and growth were evaluated at four sites between 2022 and 2024. Of the seedlings planted in 2021, .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2168-9776.24.13.519

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