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Eight years after planting in a hardwood clearcut, black walnut trees in plots with weed control had significantly better survival and were taller and larger in diameter than those in plots without weed control. Planting autumn-olive with walnut also significantly increased height and diameter of the walnuts but did not affect their survival.
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Ponder, F. Weed control and autumn-olive affect early growth and survival of black walnut in a hardwood clearcut. New Forest 2, 195–201 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00029988
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