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A COMPARISON OF THE NUTRIENT CONTENT OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN 
DOUGLAS-FIR AND PONDEROSA PINE TREES 


James L. Clayton 
Debora A. Kennedy! 


ABSTRACT 


Data on the content of nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, sodium, 
potassium, calcium, and magnesium in Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine 
trees are presented for the Silver Creek Study Area, in the 
southwestern Idaho batholith. Suppressed, intermediate, and dominant 
trees of each species were cut and sampled from two habitat 
types in the study area. Needles (stratified by age), bark, 
heartwood, and sapwood (stratified by bole size), and branches 
(stratified by branch size), were analyzed for the elements of 
interest. No significant differences in chemical content 
between habitat types were detected for either species. 
Interspecific differences in chemical concentration were found 
in one or more elements for each plant part. Trends in 
elemental concentration over needle age, bole size, and branch 
size were also suggested by the data. 


KEYWORDS: plant chemistry, forest nutrition, Pseudotsuga menziesii, 
Pinus ponderosa 


? INTRODUCTION 


We are currently conducting research in the Silver Creek Study Area, southwestern 
Idaho batholith, to assess the effects of timber harvesting on the environment. The 
Silver Creek Study Area, located approximately 70 miles (110 km) north of Boise, Idaho, 
is typical of a large portion of the Idaho batholith. The area has steep slopes and 
coarse-textured soils formed from granitic parent materials. As a result, moderate-to- 
high erosion potentials exist following disturbances associated with logging and road 
construction. 


1Research soil scientist and chemist, respectively, located jat, Boise, (idaho. The 
authors are indebted to Arthur R. Tiedemann and Nancy A. Mulligan of the Shrub 
Sciences Laboratory, Provo, Utah, for assistance in the sulfur analyses. 


One study involves computation of nutrient losses from the watersheds as a result of 
logging. For this study, we require data on the nutrient content of ponderosa pine 
(Pinus ponderosa Laws), and of Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb.] 
Franco var. glauca [Beissn.] Franco), the two major timber species harvested. In this 
paper, we present data on the nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, sodium, potassium, calcium, 
and magnesium content of these two species. 


OBJECTIVES 


This study was conducted to quantitatively describe and compare the aboveground 
chemical content of nutrient elements in ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir trees, stratified 
by plant part and habitat type. In addition, this study will provide a data base needed 
for computing nutrient budgets for the experimental watersheds following various logging 
treatments. 


METHODS 


Ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir are the two principal tree species in the Silver 
Creek Study Area. They generally coexist in mixed stands and in a variety of habitat 
types. We stratified our sampling to reflect the driest and moistest habitats as indica- 
ted by the common habitat types in Silver Creek. (For a discussion of habitat types and 
their nomenclature as used here, see Daubenmire and Daubenmire 1968, or Pfister and 
others 1977.) 


Site I is a Douglas-fir/elk sedge (PSME/CAGE) habitat type, ponderosa pine phase, 
a relatively dry type. Site II is a subalpine fir/blue huckleberry (ABLA/VAGL) type, 
a relatively moist type. This site contains ponderosa pine and so is probably warmer 
than the typical subalpine fir/blue huckleberry site that does not support this species. 
Steele and others (in press) estimated that the yield capability for the PSME/CAGE 
type ranges from 40 to 95 ft3/acre/yr (2.8 to 6.7 m3/ha) with a mean of 70 ft?/acre/yr 
(4.9 m3/ha). Similarly, they estimated the yield capability for the ABLA/VAGL type to 
range from 60 to 90 ft3/acre/yr (4.2 to 6.3 m3/ha) with a mean value of 75 ft3/acre/yr 
(5.3 m?/ha). These differences principally reflect the differing moisture and temper- 
ature characteristics of the two habitat types. 


Soils on the two sites are morphologically similar. Both soils are classified as 
cryorthents: weakly developed soils with A and C horizons over bedrock at 20 to 30 inches 
(50 to 76 cm). Gravelly loamy sand and sandy loam textures predominate. 


At each site, we selected three trees of both species, one in each of the following 
crown dominance classes: suppressed, intermediate, and dominant. The actual size and age 
for each tree are shown in table l. 


Table 2.--Size and age of each tree sampled. Age was determined by ring count at stump 


height 
Habitat type 
Species PSME/CAGE ABLA/VAGL 
dibish age d.b.h. age 
Inches Years Inches Years 


Ponderosa pine 


Suppressed 8 59 12 86 

Intermediate 16 160 19 100 

Dominant 26 197 Sill 23:2 
Douglas-fir 

Suppressed 11 67 14 89 

Intermediate 19 76 25 145 

Dominant 20 134 30 255 


Each tree was cut and sampled in August 1977 in the following manner: 


linn “At 8s ©3185-5785 cand 47//8)-of the total) lengtheof the: itree bole, we cut a 3- 
inch-thick cross section and separated heartwood and sapwood. 


2. From the suppressed and dominant trees, we took a bark sample at the same four 
locations along the bole. 


3. From the subordinate trees, we sampled several limbs of two size classes, 
<1/4-inch diameter and 1/4- to l-inch diameter. From the intermediate trees, we sampled 
several limbs 1 inch to 3 inches in diameter. From the dominant trees, we sampled 
several limbs 3 to 6 inches in diameter. 


4. From the intermediate trees, we sampled needles from that year (1977) and from 
the two previous growing seasons (1976 and 1975). (In the rest of this paper, needles 
will be referred to as l-year-old, 2-year-old, or 3-year-old needles.) All samples 
were placed in plastic bags and brought back to the laboratory for sample preparation 
and chemical analysis. 


LABORATORY TECHNIQUES 


In the laboratory, the samples were allowed to dry in the air for 2 weeks. At the 
end of this period, the samples were dried in an oven for 24 hours at 167°F (75°C). 
Subsamples were taken from each ovendried sample and ground in a Wiley? mill to pass a 
40-mesh screen. 


Samples of heartwood, taken from four locations along the tree bole, were batched 
before grinding. The same subsampling and batching was done on sapwood and bark samples 
prior to grinding. 


*The use of trade, firm, or corporation names in this publication is for the 
information and convenience of the reader. Such use does not constitute an official 
endorsement or approval by the U.S. Department of Agriculture of any product or service 
to the exclusion of others which may be suitable. 


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Samples were digested in a perchloric acid-nitric acid mixture (Johnson and Ulrich 
1959) and analyzed for calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, and total phosphorus. 
Calcium and magnesium were analyzed by atomic absorption; sodium and potassium by flame 
emission; and total phosphorus by the molybdate blue-ascorbic acid method. A Kjeldahl 
digestion was used for total nitrogen and detected by a titrimetric procedure. Dried 
and ground tissue was analyzed for sulfur using a Leco induction furnace by the technique 
of Tiedemann and Anderson (1971). 


DATA ANALYSIS 


Data presented are mean values of two analyses run on each digest. In addition, 
each plant part (for example, l-year-old needles and branches <1/4 inch in diameter) was 
digested in duplicate. Duplicate analyses of each digest were reanalyzed if the reported 
values varied by more than 5 percent for all elements except nitrogen and sulfur. 
Nitrogen analyses were reanalyzed if values varied by more than 8 percent; sulfur was 
reanalyzed if vaiues differed by more than 10 percent. 


We analyzed the data initially by graphical observation in the following manner: 
(1) for needles, plots of concentration over needle age were made for both species and 
and both habitat types; (2) for sapwood, heartwood, and bark, concentrations were 
plotted over tree diameter for both species and for both habitat types; (3) for branches, 
concentrations were plotted over branch diameter for both species and for both 
habitat types. 


Apparent differences between species and between habitat types were tested by 
Student's T-test. In some cases, apparent differences in the slope of concentration over 
age (needles), or in tree size (heartwood, sapwood, and bark), or in branch size were 
tested by covariance analysis. 


RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 


Mean nutrient concentrations for both species by plant part are summarized in 
tables 2 and 3. The values given in these tables are stratified by needle age and by 
tree bole or branch size. Differences in nutrient concentrations of Douglas-fir and 
ponderosa pine that were significant at the 0.01 or 0.10 percent level are presented 
in table 4. The concentration of phosphorus in Douglas-fir branches is apparently 
greater than that in ponderosa pine branches, but this assumption was not tested be- 
cause phosphorus content of the larger pine branches was below our detection limit. 


Sodium concentrations in all plant parts for both species and for both habitat 
types are remarkably similar, ranging from approximately 0.037 to 0.056 percent by 
weight (tables 2 and 3). 


Concentrations of potassium, calcium, and magnesium are consistently higher in 
sapwood of Douglas-fir than in heartwood. Comparisons of these same elemental concen- 
trations in sapwood and heartwood of ponderosa pine did not show the same trends (tables 
2 and! 3) 


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Table 4.--Comparison of nutrient levels for plant parts of ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir 
tested by Student's T-test. Data taken from tables 2 and 3 


Plant part Element Concentration greater in Significance level 
Needles Calcium Douglas-fir 0.01 
Magnesium Douglas-fir AOL 
Nitrogen Ponderosa pine aot 
Sulfur Ponderosa pine 0H 
Sapwood Potassium Douglas-fir nO 
Magnesium Douglas-fir .O1 
Heartwood Calcium Ponderosa pine aot 
Magnesium Ponderosa pine xO 
Branches Magnesium Ponderosa pine sali 
Calcium Douglas-fir -O1 
Bark Calcium Douglas-fir -O1 
Sulfur Ponderosa pine sO 


For both species, relationships exist between the nutrient content and the age of 
needles. Calcium inereases* with needle. age. for, both species (fig. 1)... Insaddition, the 
rate of increase in calcium content with increasing needle age is greater for Douglas-fir 
than for ponderosa pine. This increase is apparent by inspection and was highly signi- 
ficant when tested by covariance analysis. For the common model (habitat type not 
considered), F = 22.94, f = 1, 20. Potassium and phosphorus decrease with the age of the 
needles for both species (figs. 2 and 3). There appears to be no difference in the slope 
or mean concentration between the two species. 


Similar relationships can be drawn when nutrient content is compared with tree 
diameter. In sapwood, magnesium and nitrogen tend to decrease as tree diameter increases 
(figs. 4 and 5). For bark samples, the potassium and total phosphorus tend to decrease 
as tree diameter increases (figs. 6 and 7). These relationships were not tested for 
Significance because the sample size was small and this study was not designed to test 
this hypothesis. 


When nutrient content and size class of branches are compared, magnesium, potassium, 
and nitrogen all decrease with increasing size class (figs. 8, 9, and 10). Magnesium, 
potassium, and nitrogen appear to reach a base level at from 0.02 to 0.04 percent, 0.05 
to 0.10 percent, and 0.3 to 0.5 percent, respectively, when branch diameter exceeds 
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There were no apparent differences in chemical composition of tree parts of the 
same species when comparison was made between habitat types. The slightly greater yield 
capability in the more moist ABLA/VAGL type suggests that the standing crop nutrient 
content, expressed in kilograms per hectare, would be greater in this habitat type than 
in the drier PSME/CAGE habitat type. Such a conclusion is likely to be valid only for 
stands of mature trees that have attained maximum nutrient content. 


Extraordinarily high concentrations of potassium were found in bark of the small 
ponderosa pine from Site I. The results were consistent for two separate digestions 
and duplicate analyses. Contamination is possible, but would have had to have happened 
to the bulk sample prior to subsampling, grinding, and digestion. 


PERCENT CALCIUM 


PERCENT POTASSIUM 


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Figure 1.--Percent calcium in 
needles plotted over needle 
age, where 1 = current year 
(1977) needle growth. Data 
are presented for both 
species and both habitat 


Sty Sa pba wad NN a, types; I = PSME/CAGE and II 
LEEK RK KE KKKS = ABLA/VAGL. Each point 
j=— 1 >| }~<-— 2 —> jo— 3 —e| represents the mean value of 
two separate digestions and 
NEEDLE AGE (YRS) duplicate chemical analyses. 


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Figure 2.--Percent potassium 
in needles plotted over 
needle age, where 1 = current 
year (1977) needle growth. 
Data are presented for both 

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x Rvs E KLKLESE KCVES = ABLA/VAGL. Each point 
o—{—e| [o—2—»| jx — 3 —o> represents the mean value of 
two separate digestions and 
NEEDLE AGE (YRS) duplicate chemical analyses. 


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phate in needles plotted over 
needle age, where 1 = current 
year (1977) needle growth. 
Data are presented for both 
species and both habitat 
types; I = PSME/CAGE and II OO NI A NINA a NEN 
= ABLA/VAGL. Each point BLES LKFE SY KLKKS 
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two separate digestions and 
duplicate chemical analyses. NEEDLE AGE (YRS) 


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Ponderosa Pine | 


Douglas- Fir | Douglas- Fir 11 

Figure 4.--Percent magnesium in 
sapwood plotted over tree dia- 
meter at breast height for both 
species and both habitat types; 
I = PSME/CAGE and II = ABLA/ 
VAGL. Each point represents 
the mean value of two separate 
digestions and duplicate 


chemical analyses. TREE DIAMETER (IN) 


PERCENT MAGNESIUM IN SAPWOOD 


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PERCENT NITROGEN IN SAPWOOD 


PERCENT POTASSIUM IN BARK 


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Douglas- Fir | 


Ponderosa Pine || 


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TREE DIAMETER (IN) 


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Figure 5.--Percent total nitrogen 


in sapwood plotted over tree 
diameter at breast height for 
both species and both habitat 
types; I = PSME/CAGE and II = 
ABLA/VAGL. Each point represents 
the mean value of two separate 
digestions and duplicate chemical 
analyses. 


Figure 6.--Percent potassium in bark 


plotted over diameter at breast 
height for trees of both species 
and both habitat types; I = 
PSME/CAGE and II = ABLA/VAGL. 
Each point represents the mean 
value of two separate digestions 
and duplicate chemical analyses. 


Ponderosa Pine | 


Douglas- Fir | 


Douglas- Fir || 


Ponderosa Pine || 


Figure 7.--Percent total phosphorus 
in bark plotted over diameter at 
breast height for trees of both 
species and both habitat types; 

I = PSME/CAGE and II = ABLA/ 
VAGL. Each point represents 


PERCENT PHOSPHORUS IN BARK 


the mean value of two separate 0 4 Be 2 Oy 20 oe 2428 a e352 
digestions and duplicate chemical 
analyses. TREE DIAMETER (IN) 

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branch size class. Each = = = = 
point represents the mean = = = = 
value of two separate 0.01 = = = = 
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chemical analyses. Site I = re = 
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PERCENT TOTAL NITROGEN IN BRANCHES 


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in branches plotted by 
branch size class. Each 
point represents the mean 
value of two separate di- 
gestions and duplicate 
chemical analyses. Site I 
is a PSME/CAGE habitat type 


and site II is a ABLA/VAGL 
SIZE CLASS (IN) habitat type. 


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nitrogen in branches plot- 
ted by branch size class. 
Each point represents the 
mean value of two separate 
digestions and duplicate 
chemical analyses. Site I 
is a PSME/CAGE habitat type 
and site II is a ABLA/VAGL 

SIZE CLASS (IN) habitat type. 


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Results of this study will provide a data base necessary for computing nutrient 
losses caused by removing the boles from logged units in the Silver Creek Research 
Area. Future plans include studies on rates of litter and slash decomposition in 
Silver Creek. Data from this paper will also be used to estimate nutrient gains to the 
soil from litter and slash decomposition when decomposition rate studies are completed. 


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