Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current
    • Archive
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Board
    • Index/Abstracts
  • Connect
    • Feedback
    • Help
  • Alerts
  • Other Publications
    • UWP

User menu

  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in

Search

  • Advanced search
Native Plants Journal
  • Other Publications
    • UWP
  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
Native Plants Journal

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current
    • Archive
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Board
    • Index/Abstracts
  • Connect
    • Feedback
    • Help
  • Alerts
  • Follow uwp on Twitter
  • Visit uwp on Facebook
Research Article

Initial mortality and root and shoot growth of Valley Oak Seedlings outplanted as seeds and as container stock under different irrigation regimes

Truman P Young and Richard Y Evans
Native Plants Journal March 2005, 6 (1) 83-90; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2979/NPJ.2005.6.1.83
Truman P Young
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Richard Y Evans
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF
Loading

Abstract

Direct seeding of valley oak (Quercus lobata Nee [Fagaceae]), commonly used in restoration in the Central Valley of California, may be preferable to using container stock, at least in nonirrigated sites and where acorn predation can be controlled. In a stratified random experiment we tested initial growth and survival of oaks either: 1) outplanted as acorns; 2) outplanted as 3-mo-old container seedlings; 3) outplanted as 3-mo-old container seedlings that had been transplanted into larger containers 6 wk before outplanting; and 4) outplanted as 1-y-old container seedlings (commercial stock). We subjected each of these to 3 different irrigation regimes: 1) none; 2) drip; or 3) overhead. Half of the irrigated oaks were watered for 1 y, and half for 2 y. In nonirrigated plots, oaks grown from acorns that survived initial seed predation survived significantly better than oaks planted from containers. Across stock type (acorns, plants of different ages, and different sizes of containers), initial differences in plant height remained after 18 mo of growth, but growth rates were similar. Oaks grown in containers usually had more branched and more distorted root systems but all stock types successfully produced deep roots. Irrigated plants grew faster than nonirrigated plants. Plants weaned from irrigation during their second year grew as well thereafter as those that were never irrigated.

  • restoration
  • container size
  • seed predation
  • taproots
  • weaning
  • Quercus lobata
NOMENCLATURE
  • Hickman (1993)
  • © 2005 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

This article requires a subscription to view the full text. If you have a subscription you may use the login form below to view the article. Access to this article can also be purchased.

Log in using your username and password

Forgot your user name or password?

Log in through your institution

You may be able to gain access using your login credentials for your institution. Contact your library if you do not have a username and password.
If your organization uses OpenAthens, you can log in using your OpenAthens username and password. To check if your institution is supported, please see this list. Contact your library for more details.

Purchase access

You may purchase access to this article. This will require you to create an account if you don't already have one.
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Native Plants Journal: 6 (1)
Native Plants Journal
Vol. 6, Issue 1
20 Mar 2005
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • Cover (PDF)
  • Index by author
  • Front Matter (PDF)
Download PDF
Article Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Native Plants Journal.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Initial mortality and root and shoot growth of Valley Oak Seedlings outplanted as seeds and as container stock under different irrigation regimes
(Your Name) has sent you a message from Native Plants Journal
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the Native Plants Journal web site.
Citation Tools
Initial mortality and root and shoot growth of Valley Oak Seedlings outplanted as seeds and as container stock under different irrigation regimes
Truman P Young, Richard Y Evans
Native Plants Journal Mar 2005, 6 (1) 83-90; DOI: 10.2979/NPJ.2005.6.1.83

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
Initial mortality and root and shoot growth of Valley Oak Seedlings outplanted as seeds and as container stock under different irrigation regimes
Truman P Young, Richard Y Evans
Native Plants Journal Mar 2005, 6 (1) 83-90; DOI: 10.2979/NPJ.2005.6.1.83
Digg logo Reddit logo Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One
Bookmark this article

Jump to section

  • Article
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • Direct seeding is more cost effective than container stock across ten woody species in California
  • Forest Restoration in Campgrounds at Kings Canyon National Park, California
  • Google Scholar

Similar Articles

Keywords

  • restoration
  • container size
  • seed predation
  • taproots
  • weaning
  • Quercus lobata
  • Hickman (1993)
UWP

© 2023 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

Powered by HighWire