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Because no potential nursery site is perfect, site selection inevitably requires compromise. A three to sevenmember selection team should be given responsibility for establishing and ranking site-selection criteria; climate, soil, water, topography, previous land use, production potential, land availability and cost, and proximity to services are key considerations. Potential sites should be visited and evaluated and the best site chosen. A development team should then lay out the nursery, formulate an action plan, and document current development and possible future expansion in a comprehensive master plan. Careful site selection and planning plus proper management are essential to the economical production of highquality nursery stock.
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Morby, F.E. (1984). Nursery-Site Selection, Layout, and Development. In: Duryea, M.L., Landis, T.D., Perry, C.R. (eds) Forestry Nursery Manual: Production of Bareroot Seedlings. Forestry Sciences, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6110-4_2
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