Experiment on Afforestation of Taxus yunnanensis with Container and Bare-root Seedlings

Experiments were conducted on afforestation with 2-year container and bare-root Taxus yunnanensis seedlings in 2012 in Kunming,Yunnan province. Observations on conservation rate and growth traits had been implemented from 2012 to 2014. The result showed that the survivalrate of two kind seedlings was over 95%. The height increment of bare-root seedlings had no evident difference with that of container seedlings in2013, and ground diameter growth in 2014, but afforestation with bare-root seedling had lower cost. The experiment demonstrated that bare-rootseedlings had about 3 months for recovering, when good water management could increase survival rate of seedlings. The annual growth cycle of T.yunnanensis seedling could be divided into 3 stages, and the best time for bare-root seedling afforestation was March and April.