FOREST CONDITIONS IN TENNESSEE. 



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Table 6 contains average figures for the rate of growth cf '.seadlip^ sprouts and 

 seedlings of chestnut oak for the first ten years in virgin woods. Two localities 

 were studied the Cumberland Mountains, of Claiborne County, Tenn., and the 

 Holston Mountains, in Sullivan County, Tenn. Separate averages were made 

 for each locality by types. 



TABLE 6. HEIGHT GROWTH OF YOUNG CHESTNUT OAK. 



From this table the rate of growth of seedlings and seedling sprouts of chest- 

 nut oak in the same locality and type can be directly compared. Such compari- 

 sons show the rate of growth of seedling coppice in height to be from three to 

 five times as rapid as that of seedlings. The rate of growth of root suckers is 

 seen to run slightly less than that of seedlings. 



The following tabular statement, made from measurements taken in differ- 

 ent portions of Tennessee and North Carolina, shows the average height, clear 

 length, and diameter breast high of old chestnut oak growing under different con- 

 ditions. Each measurement is averaged from a number of trees in the same 

 locality, growing under the same conditions, but, except in the ridge trees meas- 

 ured in Jackson and McDowell Counties, N. C., only averages of mature trees 

 above 20 inches are included. 



a Includes trees with diameters less than 20 inches. 



