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THI PRINCIPAL SILVI CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BEEG&t 

 YELLOW BIRCH AND HARD MAPL£. 

 The principal eilvicultural characteristics of 

 beech, yellow birch and hard maple may best be grasped 

 from the following table of comparisons** 



Species 



Seed 

 Periodicity 



P roducti on 

 Amount 



Dispersal" 



Seedling Growth 

 Rate. 



Beech 



Yellow 

 Birch 



Hard 

 Uaple 



Not Annual 

 Annual 



Annual 



Rather 

 Small. 

 Large 



Large 



Restricted 

 Wide 



Moderate 



Slow. 

 Moderate. 



Slow 



Species 



Beech 



Yellow 

 Birch 



Hard 

 Maple 



Requirements for Rapid Srowth, 



Warmth«h\imu8 and shade. 



Cool, moist air and soil, side shade^ 



Moist (well drained) soil and air. 



The restricted dispersal of beech seed may in 



part be accounted for by the fact that a Ifiurge portion 



of its seed crop is lost through destruction by 



fungi and animals, and also to the fact that its seed 



Frothingham E. ^. The Northern Hardwood Forest: Its 

 'oomposition*. growth and management. United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture Bui. 285. 1915. 



