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epicormic branching: a standalone construct

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epicormicbranching1 CONSTRUCTEpicormic branchingMEIER · DORMANT BUDS

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Tree physiology & silviculture

shoots growing from buds dormant beneath a tree's bark, released when crown suppression lifts after thinning, damage, fire, or pruning.

Epicormic branching is the growth of shoots from buds that lie dormant beneath the bark along a tree's trunk and older limbs, buds that are normally suppressed by the crown and then flush when that suppression lifts, after heavy thinning, storm damage, fire, drought, or pruning. Meier, Saunders, and Michler's 2012 Epicormic buds in trees: a review of bud establishment, development and dormancy release synthesises how these buds form, persist, and are released, and Kozlowski and Pallardy's Growth control in woody plants sets the hormonal control of bud dormancy and release in context. The construct matters in silviculture because epicormic shoots put knots in otherwise clear stems and so degrade timber, yet they can also help a stressed tree rebuild its crown.[1][2]

Unit
The occurrence and density of shoots emerging from dormant bark buds after release
Recovery means
Epicormic shoots are themselves a recovery response, letting a tree rebuild lost crown and photosynthetic area after damage or sudden exposure
Measured by
Assessed by counting epicormic shoots or buds per unit stem area and relating them to events such as thinning, exposure, or injury

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References

  1. Meier, A. R., Saunders, M. R., & Michler, C. H. (2012). Epicormic buds in trees: A review of bud establishment, development and dormancy release. Tree Physiology, 32(5), 565–584. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tps040
  2. Kozlowski, T. T., & Pallardy, S. G. (1997). Growth control in woody plants. Academic Press. ISBN 9780124242104

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