Average leaf size of transplanted and untransplanted 8 cm (3”) diameter ‘Imperial’ honeylocust and English oak. Trees were dug bare root in April 1986 and root pruned to one of four root system configurations (“ball” types) before healing-in. Leaves were collected in September of each year. Each value is the grand mean of 15 to 20 leaves/tree and 10 trees/ball type.
| Species & configuration | Average leaf size, cm2 (or in2) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 1987 | |
| Honeylocust | ||
| Standard | 14.2A* | 15.6A |
| (2.2) | (2.4) | |
| Wide-deep | 20.5B | 16.1A |
| (3.2) | (2.5) | |
| Narrow-deep | 15.2A | 19.5B |
| (2.4) | (3.0) | |
| Wide-shallow | 17.7AB | 17.2AB |
| (2.7) | (2.7) | |
| Untransplanted | 52.4C | 70.8C |
| (8.1) | (11.0) | |
| English oak | ||
| Standard | 14.2A | 21.1AB |
| (2.2) | (3.3) | |
| Wide-deep | 14.0A | 26.2BC |
| (2.2) | (4.1) | |
| Narrow-deep | 12.6A | 19.3A |
| (2.0) | (3.0) | |
| Wide-shallow | 13.6A | 23.8AB |
| (2.1) | (3.7) | |
| Untransplanted | 35.3C | 28.4C |
| (5.5) | (4.4) | |
↵* Means within a column and species followed by different letters are significantly different from each other using L.S.D., 0.05 level.