Effects of transplanting date on percent survival of transplanted eldarica pine (Pinus eldarica), white mulberry (Morus alba), and smoothleaf elm (Ulmus carpinifolia) trees in the first (2010) and second (2011) years following transplanting. Percent survival was assessed in October of each year.
| Year/Species | Transplanting date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early winter | Early spring | Late spring | ||
| 2010 | ||||
| Eldarica pine | 0 cz | 76 a | 25 b | |
| White mulberry | 100 a | 95 b | 80 c | |
| Smoothleaf elm | 39 a | 0 b | - | |
| 2011 | ||||
| Eldarica pine | 0 c | 70 a | 38 by | |
| White mulberry | 100 a | 67 b | 70 b | |
| Smoothleaf elm | 33 a | 20 bx | - | |
↵zTreatment means within rows in each year followed by the same letter are not significantly different (χ2) at 5% level.
↵y, x During the second year following transplanting (2011), a number of eldarica pine and smoothleaf elm trees were recovered and involved in survival analysis.
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Smoothleaf elm trees were transplanted only in early winter and early spring.