| Summary: | <p>Survival and growth of two oak species, live oak (<I>Quercus virginiana</I>) and Nuttall
oak (<I>Quercus texana</I>), and three planting stocks: 1-0 bareroot, conventional
containerized, and Root Production Method (RPM) seedlings were compared.
Conventional containerized live oak and bareroot Nuttall oak seedlings exhibited greatest
survival. RPM seedlings exhibited the lowest survival in both species. Conventional
containerized seedlings exhibited greater groundline diameter (GLD) growth and twice as
much height growth as bareroot seedlings during the first year. During the second year,
conventional containerized seedlings exhibited greater GLD growth than bareroot
seedlings in live oak, but in Nuttall oak, bareroot seedlings exhibited greater GLD
growth. RPM seedlings exhibited similar GLD growth compared to bareroot seedlings
during both years but the least height growth of all planting stocks, regardless of species.
Height growth of bareroot and conventional containerized seedlings was similar after two
years.</p>
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