Pacific Northwest Research Station

Title: Herbicide and conifer options for reforesting upper slopes in the Cascade Range.

Author: Dimock, Edward J., II.

Date: 1981

Source: Res. Pap. PNW-RP-292. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 14 p

Station ID: RP-PNW-292

Description: Nine herbicides were compared for aiding establishment of four conifer species on upper-slope forest sites dominated by sedge and beargrass. Both glyphosate and a mixture of atrazine + dalapon produced substantial and consistent gains in survival of all four conifers after 3 years.

Keywords: Herbicides (-regeneration, site preparation (-regeneration, herbicide formulations, regeneration (stands), western white pine, Engelmann spruce, noble fir, Shasta red fir

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Dimock, Edward J., II.  1981.  Herbicide and conifer options for reforesting upper slopes in the Cascade Range..   Res. Pap. PNW-RP-292. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 14 p