Hybrid poplar pulpwood and lumber from a reclaimed strip-mine

Walter H. Davidson

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Hybrid poplar pulpwood and lumber from a reclaimed strip-mine

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Walter H. Davidson

Year:

1979

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-282. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 2 p.

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Abstract

A 2-acre hybrid poplar planting on a reclaimed strip-mine was harvested at age 16. The commercial clearcut yielded 90 tons of pulpwood and 9,400 board feet of lumber. This is equal to a growth rate of approximately 2 cords per acre per year. Selected physical properties of the hybrid poplars were compared with those of other commercial eastern species.

Citation

Davidson, Walter H. 1979. Hybrid poplar pulpwood and lumber from a reclaimed strip-mine. Research Note NE-282. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 2 p.