Effects of planting depth on landscape tree survival and girdling root formation

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 305-311

  Wells, Christina ^a   Townsend, Karen ^a   Caldwell, Judy ^a   Ham, Donald ^a   Smiley, E Thomas ^b   Sherwood, Michael ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bartlett Tree Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer rubrum; Girdling root; Planting depth; Prunus yedoensis

Indexed keywords

DEPTH; ROOTING; SURVIVAL; TREE PLANTING;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; PRUNUS; PRUNUS X YEDOENSIS; SAPINDACEAE;

EID: 33750968799     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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