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Effect of Fire and 2,4-D on the Early Stages of Beaked Hazel (Corylus cornuta) Understories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

J. C. Tappeiner II
J. C. Tappeiner II*
Affiliation:
Forestry CoIl. of For., Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108
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Abstract

Burning and 2,4-D [(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid] were used on the early stages of beaked hazel (Corylus cornuta Marsh.) understory to prevent development of a dense, continuous understory. At this early stage beaked hazel understories consisted of seedlings, small clones, and large clones. The application of 1.12 kg/ha of 2,4-D in July and August killed 84 to 100% of the seedlings and small clones, 86 to 98% percent of the large clones; while the application of 0.56 kg/ha of 2,4-D in June, July, or August caused 77 to 98% mortality of seedlings and small clones, but only 57 to 83% of large clones. Effects of burning were much more variable and generally mortality was less than with 2,4-D. One or two burns killed 23 to 100% of seedlings and small clones, and an average of only 13% (range 0 to 93%) of large clones.

Keywords

Undergrowthprescribed burningshrub controlnorthern conifers
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , March 1979 , pp. 162 - 166
Copyright
Copyright © 1979 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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