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Growth of Trees on The Virginia Tech Campus in Response to Various Factors

Richard W. Rhoades and R. Jay Stipes
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) July 1999, 25 (4) 211-217; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1999.031
Richard W. Rhoades
1611 Rose Avenue, Blacksburg, VA 24060
Roles: Plant Ecologist
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R. Jay Stipes
2Professor of Plant Pathology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0331
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    Numbers and percentages of trees affected by various factors on the Virginia Tech campus.

    AbioticBiotic
    Total no. trees% paved area beneath crownIce damageLightningHeart rotChlorosisDutch elm diseasezOther diseasesy
    Acer nigrum209 (45%)7 (35%)3 (15%)2 (10%)
    Chamaecypańs pisifera244 (17%)
    Cornus florida314 (13%)2 (6%)1 (3%)1 (3%)2 (6%)
    Ulmus americana138 (62%)5 (38%)9 (69%)
    Quercus alba274 (15%)5 (18%)1 (4%)1 (4%)
    Platanus occidentalis126 (50%)3 (25%)2 (17%)
    Acer saccharum2516 (64%)9 (36%)14 (56%)
    Quercus palustris1915 (79%)1 (5%)14 (74%)
    Quercus rubra2923 (70%)2 (7%)1 (3%)2 (7%)2 (7%)2 (7%)
    Totals (% of total trees)20085 (43%)37 (18%)3 (1.5%)20 (10%)17 (8.5%)9 (4.5%)
    • ↵z Dutch elm disease is omitted from total because the disease affects no other species.

    • ↵y Other diseases: anthracnose, bacterial wetwood, swollen butt, Ganoderma decline.

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    Table 2.

    Annual diameter growth of trunk and crown, 1993 to 1995 (means and their standard errors).

    TrunkCrownN
    Growth (mm)s.e.Growth (m)s.e.
    Chamaecyparis pisifera2.81.1824
    Cornus florida3.60.560.110.08731
    Acer nigrum3.80.84–0.480.20320
    Ulmus americana7.61.92–0.520.27313
    Quercus alba9.92.58–0.190.25427
    Acer saccharum10.22.890.330.13825
    Platanus occidentalis10.52.100.430.11112
    Quercus palustris11.81.490.0160.11819
    Quercus rubra13.42.200.510.09429
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    Table 3.

    Contrasts between pairs of species, by 1-factor ANOVA, in diameter growth of trunk and crown. (Means followed by the same letter are not significantly different at P ≤ 0.0001.z)

    Trunk growth (mm)
    Chamaecyparis pisiferaCornus floridaAcer nigrumQuercus rubra
    2.8 a3.6 a3.8 a13.4 b
    Crown growth (m)
    Ulmus americanaAcer nigrumQuercus albaAcer saccharumPlatanus occidentalisQuercus rubra
    –0.52 a–0.48 a–0.19 a0.3 b0.43 b0.51 c
    • ↵z These were the only significant differences between pairs of species.

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    Table 4.

    Numbers of trees in each stress group classified by paved area beneath the crown.

    Species≤ 10% of paved area> 10% of paved areaN
    Acer nigrum91120
    Cornus florida42731
    Ulmus americana7613
    Quercus palustris15419
    Quercus rubra23629
    Acer saccharum16925
    Platanus occidentalis5612
    Quercus alba23427
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