Authors: James A. Burger, Professor of Forestry, Virginia Tech; Daniel L. Kelting, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Forestry; and Carl Zipper, Extension Specialist, Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech.
Publication Number 460-138, September, 1998
Figure 2 Relative sizes of white pine cross-sections (breast height) from 17-year-old trees growing on minesoils of different site qualities (Table 1) in southwest Virginia.
| Undisturbed Soils Cross section exhibiting an average 8-inch diameter (SI=80) on undisturbed soils in the Central Appalachians. |  |
 | Agronomic Reclamation Cross section exhibiting a reduced 6-inch diameter (SI=60) on a typical post-SMCRA minesoils selected, compacted, and otherwise prepared for revegetation. |
| Forestry Reclamation Cross section exhibiting an enhanced 12-inch diameter (SI=110) on a slightly acid, brown weathered sandstone minesoil, 3 to 4 feet deep, uncompacted, and moderately well drained. |  |
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