Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1983
Abstract
On an east Texas forest site, clearcutting and site preparation did not change the soil pH. Chopping and KG blading significantly reduced organic matter in the surface soil, while burning slightly increased it. Organic matter showed a positive and significant relationship to potassium, calcium and magnesium. All site treatments increased phosphorus and potassium, with the greatest increase on the burned plots. Calcium and magnesium contents also increased with burning but decreased with KG blading. Burning appeared better than the other treatments for maintaining or improving the soil nutrient regime. However, planted loblolly pine seedlings survived and grew best with mechanical treatments that controlled competing vegetation.
Repository Citation
Stransky, J. J.; Halls, L. K.; and Watterston, Kenneth G., "Soil response to clearcutting and site preparation in East Texas" (1983). Faculty Publications. 256.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/forestry/256
Comments
Stransky, J. J., L. K. Halls and K. G. Watterston. 1983. Soil response to clearcutting and site preparation in East Texas, pp. 54-48. IN: Jones, Earle P., Jr.; [Editor] 1983. Proceedings of the Second Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Station Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, November 4-5, 1982. Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-24. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 526 p. http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/1767