Cariboo
Forest
Region
Identification and Management of Summer Frost-Prone Sites in the Cariboo Forest Region
Extension Note EN05

 
FRDA Report 157 provides a framework for the management of frost-prone sites and includes a field guide for the identification of sites with a high frost hazard.

INTRODUCTION

Forestry field staff in the Interior of BC have become increasingly aware of frost damage to conifer seedlings. Frost incidents are surprisingly common throughout the Interior, damaging or killing buds, harming tree form, and making trees more susceptible to potential pathogens. Frosts occur in nearly all the Cariboo Region's biogeoclimatic subzones between bud flush and hardening off, with differences in occurrence among microsites within each subzone.

CONTACT

For more information, contact Ordell Steen at 250-398-4406, or Ray Coupeat 250-398-4403.

REFERENCE

Identification and Management of Summer Frost-prone Sites in the Cariboo Forest Region, by Ordell Steen, Robert Stathers and Ray Coupé. FRDA Report 157. December 1990.
 
TRIAL NUMBER
EP 1103

 
 

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