Seasonal growth (cm/stem) | Leaf area (cm2 10 leaves) | Number surviving1 | ||||
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Species | 1978 | 1979 | 1978 | 1979 | First year | Second year |
Green Ash | ||||||
Large — tree spade | 32 a2 | 54 b | 272 a | 211 a | 8 | 8 |
Large — bare-root | 15 b | 39 b**3 | 180 b | 176 a | 8 | 7 |
Small — bare-root | 12 b | 121 a** | 168 b | 197 a | 8 | 8 |
Black ash | ||||||
Large — tree spade | 38 a | 30 a | 456 a | 417 a | 8 | 8 |
Large — bare-root | 15 b | 50 a | 278 b | 401 a | 8 | 7 |
Small — bare-root | 15 b | 66 a** | 294 b | 497 a | 8 | 8 |
Hackberry | ||||||
Large — tree spade | 18 a | 168 ab* * | 263 a | 149 a* * | 8 | 8 |
Large — bare-root | 4 b | 76 b* * | 90 b | 100 b | 8 | 8 |
Small — bareproot | 8 b | 262 a* * | 140 b | 152 a | 8 | 8 |
Amur cherry | ||||||
Large — tree spade? | 10 a | 45 a* | 134 a | 83 a* * | 5 | 5 |
Large — bare-root | 3 a | 34 a* | 70 b | 61 a | 3 | 3 |
Small — bare-root | 6 a | 97 a* | 69 b | 76 a | 4 | 4 |
↵1 Eight trees per transplant method.
2 Values within the same species and year followed by the same letter are not significantly different at P = 0.5.
3 Evaluations between 1978 and 1979 were compared using a T-test. Significant difference is given at P = 0.5 (*) and P = 01 (**).