Berry production in three whitebark pine forest types
By: T. Weaver, K.C. Kendall, and F. Forcella
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Abstract
In the whitebark pine /whortleberry (Pinus albicaulis/Vaccinium scoparium) habitat type of southwestern Montana, whortleberry plants produced seven to 69 berries/m2 x yr in 1974. In subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) habitat types of northwestern Montana, huckleberry plants (Vaccinium globulare) may produce from 13 to 228 berries/m2 X yr. While removal of competing trees increases production, thinning the understory apparently reduces berry production in direct proportion to the shrubs removed; there is no compensatory production indicative of shrub-shrub competition in fully vegetated plots. Fifty-to 100-fold variation in production among years in Vaccinium globulare berry production is attributed to variation in weather conditions.
| Publication type | Book |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Conference publication |
| Title | Berry production in three whitebark pine forest types |
| Year Published | 1990 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| Publisher location | Washington, D.C. |
| Description | 3 p. |
| Larger Work Title | Proceedings--Symposium on Whitebark Pine Ecosystems : Ecology and Management of a High-Mountain Resource |
| Conference Title | Symposium on Whitebark Pine Ecosystems : Ecology and Management of a High-Mountain Resource |
| Conference Location | Bozeman, MT |
| Conference Date | 1989-03-29T00:00:00 |
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