ligible in that most trees were cone-shaped and green In 1965, Schoenike (3) initiated a seed source study of eastern redcedar in South Carolina primarily for the purpose of locating adaptable strains for Christmas tree production Results obtained after three growing seasons indicated that the seedlings most adaptive to the planting site in the South Carolina piedmont were the North Carolina, Virginia, and local South Carolina sources A description of the seed source plot and the various seed sources (20) is given in the earlier study (3) The location of the seed sources and planting sites of that study are shown in figure 1 A revaluation of the study plots at age 10 is reported here

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Ten-year evaluation of a seed source study of eastern redcedar in south carolina

After five growing seasons on a southwest Missouri outplanting site, trees from a West Virginia eastern redcedar source had better survival, form, vigor, and height growth than trees from eight other sources tested. The local Missouri source, handicapped at planting by an unfavorable top:root ration, is now growing vigorously.

https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/rn/rn_nc084.pdf

Richard F. Watt

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Survival and Growth of Eastern Redcedar Seed Sources in Southwest Missouri