Gene Conservation, Restoration, and Proactive Deployment of Red Spruce in Light of Climate Change - in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Field Methods:
Great Smoky Mountains National Park has red spruce populations over a wide range of elevations. We were unable to find female cones on red spruce near the top of Clingman’s Dome at ~2000 m, but have located cone bearing trees from 910 m to 1865 m. We propose collect cones from three populations: 1) trail from Clingman’s Dome parking lot to Andrews Bald, 2) Road Prong trail, and 3) Balsam Mountain road. If permissible, we would also like to collect cones from turn-outs or along roads in the park where it may be done safely without interfering with traffic or having personnel on the road.
Where possible we would use pole pruners to remove 1 to 3 clusters of cones with the goal of getting at least 20 cones from 10-15 trees in each of the populations noted on Figures 2 and 3. For cones on higher branches 25-50’, we would throw a line over a cone bearing branch using a slingshot and either shake cones down on to a tarp or use specialized, manual pull saw attached to a rope to cut the end off of a cone bearing branch. We have experience with this method and have collected from over one hundred trees in the last year using this approach.
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| description | Field Methods: Great Smoky Mountains National Park has red spruce populations over a wide range of elevations. We were unable to find female cones on red spruce near the top of Clingman’s Dome at ~2000 m, but have located cone bearing trees from 910 m to 1865 m. We propose collect cones from three populations: 1) trail from Clingman’s Dome parking lot to Andrews Bald, 2) Road Prong trail, and 3) Balsam Mountain road. If permissible, we would also like to collect cones from turn-outs or along roads in the park where it may be done safely without interfering with traffic or having personnel on the road. Where possible we would use pole pruners to remove 1 to 3 clusters of cones with the goal of getting at least 20 cones from 10-15 trees in each of the populations noted on Figures 2 and 3. For cones on higher branches 25-50’, we would throw a line over a cone bearing branch using a slingshot and either shake cones down on to a tarp or use specialized, manual pull saw attached to a rope to cut the end off of a cone bearing branch. We have experience with this method and have collected from over one hundred trees in the last year using this approach. |
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| issued | 2018-10-17T00:00:00Z |
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| title | Gene Conservation, Restoration, and Proactive Deployment of Red Spruce in Light of Climate Change - in Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
