Herbicide Tolerance of Tree Seedlings in UK Woodlands with Bramble Competition

Alice Holt research data from two experiments on the effect of winter triclopyr herbicide applications on the survival and growth of young tree seedlings. The work investigates varying dose rates on ash, oak, beech, birch, hazel, Scots pine, Douglas fir, and Japanese larch, with and without competition from bramble. The dataset is associated with a 2013 publication in the journal Forestry.

Use Cases

• Modeling herbicide dose-response relationships for tree seedlings based on the described concentration levels (H0-H4).
• Analyzing the impact of bramble competition on seedling survival and herbicide tolerance as described in the experiments.
• Comparing species-specific tolerance to triclopyr among the eight tree species mentioned.
• Evaluating the efficacy of winter dormant season herbicide application for bramble control without damaging target seedlings.

Strengths

• Data is directly linked to a peer-reviewed publication (Forestry, 86: 59-69, 2013).
• Description specifies five distinct herbicide treatment levels (H0 to H4) with precise active ingredient concentrations.
• Experiments include a controlled comparison of seedlings grown with and without bramble competition.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service, associated with research at Alice Holt.

Collection Method

Field experiments using transplants grown beneath a Corsican pine canopy and treated with herbicide.

Time Range

Time of experiments not specified; associated publication is 2013.

Freshness

Publication date is 2013; dataset update frequency is unknown.

Geography

United Kingdom (Alice Holt).