2001
DOI: 10.1139/x00-145
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Overlaying compacted or uncompacted construction fill has no negative impact on white oak and sweetgum growth and physiology

Abstract: Raising the soil grade, frequently required during building construction, is thought to damage trees and is of concern to foresters responsible for tree protection on such sites. We investigated the effects of applying fill over the roots of 22-year-old white oaks (Quercus alba L.) and 13-year-old sweetgums (Liquidambar styraciflua L.). Treatments included a control (no fill), fill (sandy loam C horizon soil spread 20 cm deep), and compacted fill (same as fill but compacted). Trees with fill had soil held away… Show more

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