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First-Year Survival And Growth Of Bareroot And Container Water Oak And Willow Oak Seedlings Grown At Different Levels Of Mineral Nutrition, Hans Michael Williams, Matthew Stroupe
First-Year Survival And Growth Of Bareroot And Container Water Oak And Willow Oak Seedlings Grown At Different Levels Of Mineral Nutrition, Hans Michael Williams, Matthew Stroupe
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Bareroot and container water oak (Quercus nigra) and willow oak (Quercus phellos) seedlings were treated with 3 different levels of nitrogen (N) mineral fertilizer applied during the growing season in the nursery. Comparisons were made between species, N treatments, and stock-types for seedling morphology, first-year survival and height growth, and seedling water relations. Water oak seedlings were shorter, heavier, and more first-order lateral roots than the willow oak seedlings. The N fertilizer treatments did not have a statistically significant effect on seedling morphology. Bareroot seedlings were taller, had greater root-collar diameters, and were heavier than the container seedlings. The seedlings …