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Publication Date
1985
Location
Kyoto Japan
Description
This research was undertaken to learn if cutover southern pine ranges can be sucessfully regenerated artificially with slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm.) while being grazed yearlong by beef cattle, Objectives were to determine the effects of various grazing intensities on the establishment and growth of slash pine and on herbage and cattle production, and the subsequent influence of pines on herbage and cattle production. Three range units comprising about 650 ha of cutover pine land were stocked to produce light, moderate, and heavy grazing intensities. Each year during a 4-year regeneration cycle, 17 percent of each range unit was planted with slash pine seedlings and 8 percent was direct seeded with slash pine. Heavy grazing reduced the density of planted pines during the first few months following regeneration. At tree age 18, tree density was less on heavily grazed areas, tree diameters more, and volume the same compared with ungrazed areas. Average herbage production prior to forest regeneration exceeded 2,200 kg/ha, remained high during the first 8 years, then decreased through study year 14 and remained low until commercial pulpwood thinnings. These results illustrate that returns from forest land can be increased through multiple use.
Citation
Pearson, Henry A., "Reforestation and Cattle Grazing in Southern United States" (1985). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 5.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1985/ses11/5)
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Reforestation and Cattle Grazing in Southern United States
Kyoto Japan
This research was undertaken to learn if cutover southern pine ranges can be sucessfully regenerated artificially with slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm.) while being grazed yearlong by beef cattle, Objectives were to determine the effects of various grazing intensities on the establishment and growth of slash pine and on herbage and cattle production, and the subsequent influence of pines on herbage and cattle production. Three range units comprising about 650 ha of cutover pine land were stocked to produce light, moderate, and heavy grazing intensities. Each year during a 4-year regeneration cycle, 17 percent of each range unit was planted with slash pine seedlings and 8 percent was direct seeded with slash pine. Heavy grazing reduced the density of planted pines during the first few months following regeneration. At tree age 18, tree density was less on heavily grazed areas, tree diameters more, and volume the same compared with ungrazed areas. Average herbage production prior to forest regeneration exceeded 2,200 kg/ha, remained high during the first 8 years, then decreased through study year 14 and remained low until commercial pulpwood thinnings. These results illustrate that returns from forest land can be increased through multiple use.
