Site-Specific Changes in the Bark Texture of Quercus falcata Michx. (Southern Red Oak)
Glitzenstein J and Harcombe PA. 1979. Site-Specific Changes in the Bark Texture of Quercus falcata Michx. (Southern Red Oak). American Journal of Botany. 66(6):668-672
A method of measuring bark texture is described. This method is used to show that bark roughness in Quercus falcata Michx. (southern red oak) increases from mesic to xeric sites. This change does not appear to be explained by variability in tree size and age, or by changes in the relative abundances of varieties falcata and pagodaefolia. We suggest that it may be due to postulated relationships between bark texture (or the associated property of outer bark thickness) and tree fire resistance, nutrient conservation or susceptibility to pathogens.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Glitzenstein, Jeff; Harcombe, P.
- Units
- BITH
- Keywords
- Ecology, Forestry, Inventory and Monitoring (I&M), Plant Studies