Bark Characteristics Indicate Age and Growth Rate of Yellow Birch

Knud E. Clausen; Richard M. Godman

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Bark Characteristics Indicate Age and Growth Rate of Yellow Birch

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Knud E. Clausen, Richard M. Godman

Year:

1969

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NC-75. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Yellow birch trees with peeling or smooth bark tend to be younger and faster growing than rough-barked trees of similar diameters and should be selected as crop trees or superior tree candidates.

Keywords

bark, yellow birch, crop trees

Citation

Clausen, Knud E.; Godman, Richard M. 1969. Bark Characteristics Indicate Age and Growth Rate of Yellow Birch. Research Note NC-75. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station