Organization: USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
Contact person: Grant Kirker, USDA FPL
Who uses it or can use it?: FPL personnel and their collaborators
Is it a contract testing site? No, but cooperative research and development projects are conducted
Location:
Approximately 8 km west of Saucier, MS, USA within Harrison Experimental Forest
Coordinates: 30°37'59.8"N 89°02'55.6"W
This test area is used by the USDA Forest Products Laboratory and the Forest Products laboratory at Mississippi State University in separate research plots areas.
Decay: Yes
Termites or other insects:Yes
Ground Contact: Yes, stakes, posts:
Above Ground: Yes
Weathering: Yes
Marine: N.A.
Type of decay: white-rot, soft-rot, and brown rot including isolated patches of Antrodia radiculosa and other copper tolerant fungi
Termite species: Reticuliternes flavipes
Marine Organisms: N.A.
Rainfall: 1600mm/yr
Temperature mean: 20.2C
Climate Index: 86.5
Soil-type: fine sandy loam, sandy clay
Mankowski, Mark E.; Shelton, Thomas G.; Kirker, Grant; Morrell, Jeffrey J. 2018. Ongoing field evaluation of Douglas-fir cross-laminated timber in a ground proximity protected test in Mississippi. In: Proceedings, one hundred fourteenth annual meeting of the American wood protection association. Birmingham, AL: American Wood Protection Association: 132-137.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/57888
Kirker, Grant T.; Bishell, Amy B.; Jusino, Michelle A.; Palmer, Jonathan M.; Hickey, William J.; Lindner, Daniel L. 2017. Amplicon-based sequencing of soil fungi from wood preservative test sites. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8: 1-16.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/56330
Lebow, Stan; Lebow, Patricia; Woodward, Bessie; Kirker, Grant; Arango, Rachel. 2015. Fifty-year durability evaluation of posts treated with industrial wood preservatives. Forest Products Journal. 65(7/8): 307-313.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/50043
Kirker, G.T.; Diehl, S.V.; Lebow, P.K. 2014. Microbial Community Analysis of Naturally Durable Wood in an Above Ground Field Test. The International Research Group on Wood Protection, Section 1, Biology, IRG/WP 14-10826; 2014; pp. 2-13.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/46080
Woodward, Bessie M.; Hatfield, Cherilyn A.; Lebow, Stan T. 2011. Comparison of wood preservatives in stake tests: 2011 progress report. Research Note FPL-RN-02. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 120 p.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/39936