Terminal bud failure of black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) exposed to salt-laden winter storms

• Published in: Tree Physiology
• Main Author: Jonsson, Thorbergur H.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2006
• Subjects: Original Articles; Heimaey; Midwinter; Iceland
• Online Access: http://treephys.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/26/7/905; https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/26.7.905

At coastal sites, trees are exposed to marine aerosols that may cause foliar necrosis and shoot dieback, which can result in deformed crowns and contorted stems. A six-year study of leaf primordia in terminal buds of black cottonwood trees ( Populus trichocarpa Torr. & Gray) on Heimaey Island of...