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The sprouting pattern of the American chestnut at the Harvard Forest

• HF-ID: HF1986-12
• Category: Research Files
• Creator:
  • Chang, Theodore T.

• Date: 1986
• Location: Prospect Hill Tract (Harvard Forest), PH I, PH VIII, PH IX
• Media: Paper
• Contents:
  • Student report. 1 file folder.

• Keywords: chestnut, permanent plots
• Abstract:
  • In order to test the validity of F.L. Paillet's explanation as to how chestnut trees reproduce in the absence of a seed source, the Harvard Forest which had been mapped in great detail by Lyford [Lyford Grid] was once again inspected.

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