Natural regeneration on a 2-acre mixed oak clear cutting five years after logging /

Oak symposium: sustaining oak forests in the 21st century through science-based management

“…Kramer and Decker (1944) and Ferrell (1953) were early reporters of the need to increase light in the understory to promote oak; their collective recommendations were to increase light up to one-third of full sunlight. Suggestions to increase light during the last years of rotation were made by Downs and McQuilken (1944), Weitzman and Trimble (1957), Scholz and DeVriend (1957), Tryon andCarvell (1958), andMcGee (1975).…”

History, Highlights, and Perspectives of Southern Upland Hardwood Silviculture Research

“…Their data showed that large oak was losing out to yellow poplar and sugar maple, with 0−10 stems per acre of oak in the 4-inch dbh and larger size classes, compared with hundreds for yellow poplar and sugar maple. Others were reporting species composition changes away from oak towards red maple and hickory (Keever 1953, Larsen 1953, Nelson 1955, Scholz and DeVriend 1957. Concern rose over how to regenerate oak on these upland sites, and awareness was increasing that clearcutting (also referred to as a "one cut shelterwood" [Tryon and Carvell 1958]) may change stand species composition and did not result in adequate oak regeneration, especially on more productive sites.…”