Measurement

No. Pairs

Planting Stock Type

t-value

P-value^a

Container

Bareroot

Height (m)

25

5.70 ± 1.19

4.02 ± 1.04

6.53

<0.001

DBH (cm)

25

13.3 ± 2.6

7.3 ± 2.9

7.70

<0.001

Green weight (kg)

Stem-only

10

51.9 ± 12.3

15.0 ± 7.5

16.36

<0.001

Whole-tree

10

118.3 ± 32.5

27.9 ± 15.4

12.14

<0.001

Initial height^b (cm)

25

178.3 ± 21.3

48.6 ± 34.0

18.19

<0.001

Basal caliper^b (mm)

25

26.6 ± 4.5

8.4 ± 2.3

16.96

<0.001