PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Daniel K. Struve
AU  - Laura Burchfield
AU  - Cathy Maupin
TI  - Survival and Growth of Transplanted Large- and Small-Caliper Red Oaks
AID  - 10.48044/jauf.2000.019
DP  - 2000 May 01
TA  - Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
PG  - 162--169
VI  - 26
IP  - 3
4099  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/26/3/162.short
4100  - http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/26/3/162.full
SO  - JOA2000 May 01; 26
AB  - Red oak (Quercus rubra L.) of 2 caliper sizes, 8.4 and 3.6 cm (3.3 and 1.4 in.), and 2 vigor classes (high and low) within the small-caliper trees, were transplanted to compare growth and establishment over a 4-year period. Possible confounding factors such as pre-transplant vigor, genetics, relative root-ball to backfill volume, and relative canopy to root-ball volume were controlled to determine whether small-caliper trees establish more rapidly than large-caliper trees. Large-caliper trees had high mortality, 58%, while no small-caliper trees died. Based on trunk caliper and height growth after transplanting, surviving large-caliper trees established faster than small-caliper trees—demonstrating that transplanted large-caliper red oaks can establish as rapidly as small-caliper red oaks.