RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Short-Term Effect of Simulated Acidic Rainfall on the Formation of Discolored Wood in <em>Acer rubrum</em>
JF Arboriculture &amp; Urban Forestry
JO JOA
FD International Society of Arboriculture
SP 197
OP 199
DO 10.48044/jauf.1985.045
VO 11
IS 7
A1 Tower, L.
A1 Shigo, A.
A1 Brennan, E.
YR 1985
UL http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/11/7/197.abstract
AB Healthy red maple trees growing in the Massabesic Experimental Forest in Main were wounded in June 1982, with a bow saw. Dilute sulfuric acid solutions of pH 3.0, 4.0, and 5.8 were dripped into the wounds for 1 hr once a week for 7 weeks. In mid-August the trees were harvested, sectioned, and the amount of discolored wood associated with each wound was measured with a planimeter. Increased acidity did not affect the amount of discoloration that occurred.