Abstract
The record of an intensive study of young beech (<it>Fagus sylvatica</it> L.) which had been introduced by planting into an area of old hazel (<it>Corylus avellana</it> L.) in 1946 using different sizes of strips and groups. One object was to find out which of the environmental factors, e.g. soil, root competition, light intensity, frost, wind, and humidity, were responsible for the very marked differences in growth. The same beech were also classified according to their form and their tendency to fork. The conclusions reached are enumerated at the end of the paper. Among the more important are that, up to this stage at any rate, the depth of soil over the chalk has no effect on growth; root competition with dense hazel is not injurious; even quite appreciable reductions in light intensities have no ill effect; hazel hedges provide considerable shelter from wind, which is likely to be of value where water is scarce, and the number of forks is closely related to leading shoot damage of which Lammas shoots are an important source.
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Soil depth over chalk had no effect on young beech growth at this stage.
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e0“the depth of soil over the chalk has no effect on growth”
t0“YOUNG BEECH”
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Root competition with dense hazel was not injurious to beech.
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e0“root competition with dense hazel is not injurious”
t0“YOUNG BEECH”
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Appreciable reductions in light intensity had no ill effect on beech.
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e0“even quite appreciable reductions in light intensities have no ill effect”
t0“YOUNG BEECH”
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Hazel hedges sheltered beech from wind.
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e0“hazel hedges provide considerable shelter from wind”
t0“YOUNG BEECH”
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Beech fork number was closely related to leading shoot damage.
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e0“the number of forks is closely related to leading shoot damage”
t0“YOUNG BEECH”
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Lammas shoots were an important source of leading shoot damage.
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e0“leading shoot damage of which Lammas shoots are an important source.”
t0“YOUNG BEECH”