Associate Professor West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
Seedlings can be planted to supplement natural reproduction. Red oak seedling growth and survival was strongly related to light availability, which varied depending on planting position within cut and residual strips. Taller seedlings were found in the cut areas, whereas survival was higher in the areas with a residual overstory.
Learning Objectives:
understand canopy cover effects on planted red oak seedlings
make decisions regarding optimum planting locations to favor oak seedlings
