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====== Tree Planting Guides ====== | ====== Tree Planting Guides ====== | ||
+ | ===What Trees to Plant Where=== | ||
+ | The first decision to make is what species to plant. This will depend to some extent upon what product | ||
+ | the landowner wants to grow but, more importantly, it will depend upon the soil and location of the | ||
+ | planting site. Remember, the biggest mistake made in tree planting to date is planting the wrong species. | ||
+ | See the chart for general guidelines.\\ | ||
+ | {{::plantingguides.jpg|}} | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | ===Pine Species-site Planting Guide=== | ||
+ | ^Physiographic Region ^Poorly Drained Sites ^Moderately Drained Sites ^Dry Sites | | ||
+ | |Coastal Plain Northern |Loblolly |Loblolly |Virginia, loblolly. Longleaf on sandhill sites only. | | ||
+ | |Coastal Plain Southern |Slash or Loblolly |Slash or Loblolly |Longleaf, Choctawhatchee Sand in Fla. Ga. and S. Caro.| | ||
+ | |Coastal Plain Upper |Loblolly |Loblolly |Shortleaf, Virginia | | ||
+ | |Piedmont Upper |Loblolly |Loblolly |Virginia, Shortleaf* | | ||
+ | |Piedmont Lower |Loblolly |Loblolly |Viginia, Shortleaf* | | ||
+ | |Blue Ridge | |White, Loblolly |Virgina, Shortleaf | | ||
+ | |Valley and Ridge | |White |Virginia, Shortleaf | | ||
+ | |Appalachian | |White |Virginia, Shortleaf | | ||
+ | |Interior Low Plateaus |Loblolly |Loblolly,Virginia,Shortleaf |Virginia, Shortleaf | | ||
+ | | | |White except in Alabama | | | ||
+ | |Ozarks | |Loblolly (Ark & Oklahoma) |Shortleaf | | ||
+ | |Ouachitas | |Loblolly |Shortleaf | | ||
+ | *Except where littleleaf disease is prevalent. |