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Abies lasiocarpa (Hook
... textured sand and silt loams that developed primarily from basalt, andesite, and shale. Growth is poor on shallow and coarse-textured soils developed from granitic and schistic rock, conglomerates, and coarse sandstones, and on saturated soils ...
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Libocedrus decurrens Torr
... (35), and excluding surplus magnesium. Soils supporting incense-cedar vary greatly. Reaction ranges from nearly neutral to strongly acid. Textures vary from coarse sands to very fine clays. ... well-drained, sandy loam soils developed on granitic rocks and sandstone; deep clay loams developed on basalt and rhyolite; and occasionally on deep, coarse-textured, well-drained soils developed from pumice. ...
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PinusieffreyiGrev
... soils that carry Jeffrey pine are coarse or gravelly sandy loams or loamy coarse sands that often merge with rocklands. Where these soils ... Entisols. Jeffrey pine characteristically grows on granitic soils in the Sierra Nevada. These soils extend over complex systems of branching ... of the species' best growth on deep, coarse-textured and well-drained soils (28,45,52). Stands of similar description may ...
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Pinus monophyfla Torr
... by winter precipitation. Soils and Topography Singleleaf pinyon grows on pediments, slopes, and ridges. It grows best on coarse textured, well drained Mollisols and is rarely found on valley floors. Soils are both ... closure is rare in most stands, but where the stands are well developed the soils are usually completely occupied by tree roots resulting in suppression of the understory vegetation. ...
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Pinus resinosa Ait
... soil drainage is poor. Hardpan, gley near the surface, coarse compacted soils, and those with bulk densities exceeding 1.40 g ... agents. When grown on less acid, finer textured, and more poorly drained soils and under milder climatic conditions than those ... G. J. Brand. 1987. Growth patterns of red pine on fine-textured soils. USDA Forest Service, Research Paper NC-280. North Central Forest ...
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Pinus strobus L
... medium-textured soils (sandy loams), it will outproduce most other native commercial species in both volume and value (47). White pine also grows on fine sandy loams and silt-loam soils with either ... conditions. In deep, coarse-textured soils, sinker roots that branch from the laterals and grow straight down seem to be fairly common, but they are seldom found in other soils. A concentration of fine ...
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Taxodium distichum (L
... less fertile, coarser textured soils of the bottom lands of "black water" rivers, which originate in the Coastal Plain and are dark-colored with organic matter. Besides these alluvial soils, there are broad interstream areas of baldcypress swamps where soils range from heavy clays to coarse sand to mucks and peats, and where ...
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Tsuga mertensiana (Bong
... volcanic, sedimentary, metamorphic, and glacial origin. It is, however, relatively rare and stunted on soils derived from calcareous parent materials in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia (11). ... species offer little competition (11). Best development of mountain hemlock is on loose, coarse-textured, well-drained soils with adequate moisture (9,11,62), and in British Columbia (9), on thick ...
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Glossary
... stalk of an ovule arising from the placenta in the angiosperms. Gabbro- A dark, coarse-textured, heavy rock composed of calcium feldspar and augite with a small amount of quartz. ... very hard natural igneous rock formation. Grood soils- Nut-structured soils characteristic of the transition zone between prairie soils and podzolic soils, i.e., prairie-forest soils. Group selection- The cutting method ...
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Casuarina L
... . There seem to be no climatic barriers to sexual reproduction. Soils and Topography All three Casuarina species prefer coarse-textured soils of the Entisol, Inceptisol, and Spodosol orders. They show ... . In southeastern Florida, the species are particularly prevalent on alkaline, lime stone-derived soils. Casuarina equisetifolia is tolerant of very saline conditions but grows best in slightly ...
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