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. 2018 Oct 26;9:1553. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01553

Table 1.

Description of sites for the experimental field trials, and numbers of half-sib families, within-family and clone replication for Norway spruce (Picea abies) seedlings and emblings at each site.

Trial A Trial B Trial C
Locality name Toresbo Åsmundsryd Remningstorp
Latitude 56° 41′ 56° 50′ 58° 27′
Longitude 15° 47′ 16° 02′ 13° 39′
h.a.s.l. 120 m 80 m 135 m
Previous land use Forest Forest Farm land
Clear-cut year 2015 2014 N/A
Soil texture Sandy-silty till Sandy-silty till Sand with gravel
Site index G33 G31 G31
Spacing among plants 2.25 m × 1.4 m 2.25 m × 1.8 m 1.5 m × 1.4 m
No. of families 50 50 50
No. of unpruned seedlings 133 141 150
No. of pruned seedlings 196 193 184
No. of emblings 954 959 958
No. of emblings/family 1–9 1–8 1–7
No. of emblings/SE clone 1–7 1–7 1–6

Expressed according to a Swedish system (Hägglund and Lundmark, 1987).