Conventional Hand and Machine Planting in Southern Ontario

Tree planting has been carried out in Southern Ontario since 1900 on sites ranging from coarse sands to slay to peat. Most of the tree planting has been on sandy soils of the marginal and sub-marginal agricultural lands with limited planting on bog sites.Trees are planted for commercial forest products, for soil stabilization, for soil rehabilitation, for windbreaks, and increasing each year, for aesthetic, recreational and habitat improvement values.In the early years, scotch pine and jack pine were planted. However, red pine, white pine and white spruce are now the primary species planted. Hardwood planting in general, has been unsuccessful.In 1967, approximately 13,500,000 trees were planted in Southern Ontario on 13,500 acres.