Measurement

No. Pairs

Planting Stock Type

t-value

P-value^a

Container

Bareroot

Height (m)

24

9.71 ± 0.89

9.50 ± 0.97

1.21

0.238

Dbh (cm)

24

21.3 ± 3.5

19.8 ± 2.5

2.22

0.036

Green weight (kg):

Stem-only

10

124 ± 32

109 ± 27

1.40

0.194

Whole-tree

10

185 ± 56

171 ± 55

0.73

0.482

Initial height^b (cm)

24

83.3 ± 13.1

27.0 ± 8.2

32.65

<0.001

Basal caliper^b (mm)

24

8.4 ± 1.0

4.5 ± 1.2

15.78

<0.001