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The Influence of Waterlogging on the Establishment of Four Australian Landscape Trees

Karen D. Smith, Peter B. May and Gregory M. Moore
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) March 2001, 27 (2) 49-56; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2001.007
Karen D. Smith
1Burnley College, University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, Victoria, 3121 Australia
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1Burnley College, University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, Victoria, 3121 Australia
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    Root length versus treatment for spotted gum, brush box, oriental plane, and London plane (treatment phase). Differing letters between specific waterlogging treatments for each species denote significant median differences at P < 0.05.

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    Root length versus treatment for spotted gum, brush box, oriental plane, and London plane (recovery phase). Differing letters between specific waterlogging treatments for each species denote significant median differences at P < 0.05.

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    Shoot dry weight versus treatment for spotted gum, brush box, oriental plane, and London plane (treatment phase). Differing letters between specific waterlogging treatments for each species denote significant median differences at P < 0.05.

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    Shoot dry weight versus treatment for spotted gum, brush box, oriental plane, and London plane (recovery phase). Differing letters between specific waterlogging treatments for each species denote significant median differences at P < 0.05.

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    Morphological root and shoot characteristics of brush box, oriental plane, London plane, and spotted gum subjected to waterlogging (✓ = possesses characteristic; x = does not possess characteristic; n/a = not applicable to dormant, bare-root transplants).

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    Mean daily maximum and minimum temperature for Melbourne (Source: Bureau of Meteorology 1993).

    Aug.Sept.Oct.Nov.
    Mean monthly maximum temperature (°C)14.817.119.521.8
    Mean daily minimum temperature (°C)6.57.89.311.0
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    Comparisons of root length between the treatment (T) and recovery (R) phases. T = R denotes no significant difference between medians; T ≠ R denotes a significant difference between medians at P < 0.05.

    Waterlogging
    treatment
    Median root length (m)
    Spotted
    gum
    Brush
    box
    Oriental
    plane
    London
    plane
    No waterlogging (control)59.5 T, 43.2 R
    T = R
    30.6 T, 79.5 R
    T ≠ R
    11.6T, 63.5T
    T ≠ R
    14 T, 50.8 R
    T ≠ R
    Part waterlogging34.5 T, 103.3 R
    T ≠ R
    21.2 T, 92.3 R
    T ≠ R
    13.9 T, 61.3 R
    T ≠ R
    No data
    Full waterlogging1.0 T, 49.5R
    T ≠ R
    0.00 T, 9.6 R
    T ≠ R
    1.4 T, 28.0 R
    T ≠ R
    0.0 T, 22.2 R
    T ≠ R
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