Direct planting of poplar stem cuttings

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Fung, M.Y.P.

• Stem cuttings of balsam poplar and three poplar hybrids were directly planted onto reclamation material on the tailings dyke slope. The overall rooting success was poor. The hybrids, however, rooted significantly better than the native balsam poplar. Cuttings require precise environmental conditions to initiate roots and grow into normal seedlings. Since favourable field conditions cannot be assured, directly planting poplar cuttings onto reclamation sites is not recommended.

• Date created

  1992

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Oil Sands
  • Trees
  • Oil sands
  • Tar Sands
  • Report 92-1
  • Cuttings
  • Syncrude
  • Alberta
  • Tar sands
  • Poplar
  • Canada, Alberta, Fort McMurray

• Type of Item

  Report

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R39Z90C4K

• License

  Conditions of Use Fung, M.Y.P., 1992. Direct planting of poplar stem cuttings. Syncrude Canada Ltd., Environment Division, Fort McMurray, Alberta. Report 92-1. 5 pp. Permission for non-commercial use, publication or presentation of excerpts or figures is granted, provided appropriate attribution (as above) is cited. Commercial reproduction, in whole or in part, is not permitted without prior written consent. The use of these materials by the end user is done without any affiliation with or endorsement by Syncrude Canada Ltd. Reliance upon the end user's use of these materials is at the sole risk of the end user.