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1981

Vascular Plants

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Aspen Resource Of Minnesota Usa, P.J. Jakes Jan 1981

Aspen Resource Of Minnesota Usa, P.J. Jakes

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.


Cryptosphaeria Canker And Libertella Decay Of Aspen, Thomas E. Hinds Jan 1981

Cryptosphaeria Canker And Libertella Decay Of Aspen, Thomas E. Hinds

Aspen Bibliography

A recently discovered, widely distributed canker disease of aspen and other poplars throughout the Rocky Mountain region is described. Inoculations with ascospore and conidial isolates of Cryptosphaeria populina show the fungus is capable of causing branch, sprout, and sapling mortality, trunk cankers, and the discoloration and decay of aspen stems previously associated with its imperfect stage, Libertella sp. The greatest average canker elongation 50 mo after September inoculations was 33.5 cm with sapwood decay and discoloration extending to 401 cm. The fungus caused an average weight loss of 13.5% in bark, 27.0% in sapwood, and 19.1% in heartwood blocks. Incidence …


Utilization Of Aspen Populus-Tremuloides Trees As A Ruminant Feed Component, M. Singh, L.D. Kamstra Jan 1981

Utilization Of Aspen Populus-Tremuloides Trees As A Ruminant Feed Component, M. Singh, L.D. Kamstra

Aspen Bibliography

When traditional roughages are in short supply or high in price, other fibrous feed sources for ruminants should be considered if available at a competitive price. One such fibrous material shown to have potential as a ruminant feed is the aspen tree (Populus tremuloides Michx.) harvested in its entire form to include bark, leaves and trunk. The aspen tree is the most widespread tree species in North America and the least utilized. Estimates exceed 6 million acres of mature trees in an area which would include the Black Hills (58,000 acres), the Great Lakes region and the Rocky …


Biomass And Production Of An Aspen-Mixed Hardwood-Spodosol Ecosystem In Northern Wisconsin, John Pastor, J.G. Bockheim Jan 1981

Biomass And Production Of An Aspen-Mixed Hardwood-Spodosol Ecosystem In Northern Wisconsin, John Pastor, J.G. Bockheim

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.


An Approach To Functionalizing Key Environmental Factors Forage Production In Rocky Mountain Aspen Populus-Tremuloides Stands, J.P. Roise, D.R. Betters, B.M. Kent Jan 1981

An Approach To Functionalizing Key Environmental Factors Forage Production In Rocky Mountain Aspen Populus-Tremuloides Stands, J.P. Roise, D.R. Betters, B.M. Kent

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.


An Examination Of The Leaf Quaking Adaptation And Stomatal Distribution In Populus-Tremuloides, J.W. Rushin, J.E. Anderson Jan 1981

An Examination Of The Leaf Quaking Adaptation And Stomatal Distribution In Populus-Tremuloides, J.W. Rushin, J.E. Anderson

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The leaves of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) have a flattened petiole that allows them to quake (oscillate and roll) under low wind velocities. It was hypothesized that this adaptation might enable the plant to respond to windy conditions that would increase transpirational losses. No effects of wind with or without leaf quaking on stomatal resistance were observed under controlled conditions in the field. If wind and leaf quaking affect stomatal resistance, such effects must be small in comparison to those caused by other factors such as leaf water potential and ambient humidity.

Aspen leaves are hypostomatal with stomata …


Effects Of Storage Temperature And Moisture Stress On Seed Germination And Early Seedling Development Of Trembling Aspen Populus-Tremuloides, G.H. Fechner, K.E. Burr, J.F. Myers Jan 1981

Effects Of Storage Temperature And Moisture Stress On Seed Germination And Early Seedling Development Of Trembling Aspen Populus-Tremuloides, G.H. Fechner, K.E. Burr, J.F. Myers

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.


Improving Aspen Poplar Populus-Tremuloides And Prickly Rose Rosa-Acicularis Covered Rangeland With Herbicides And Fertilizer, G. Bowes Jan 1981

Improving Aspen Poplar Populus-Tremuloides And Prickly Rose Rosa-Acicularis Covered Rangeland With Herbicides And Fertilizer, G. Bowes

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.