TREEGRAD: a grading program for eastern hardwoods

J.W. Stringer; D.W. Cremeans

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TREEGRAD: a grading program for eastern hardwoods

Informally Refereed

Authors:

J.W. Stringer, D.W. Cremeans

Year:

1991

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: McCormick, Larry H.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, 8th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 1991 March 4-6; University Park, PA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-148. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 598-599.

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Abstract

Assigning tree grades to eastern hardwoods is often a difficult task for neophyte graders. Recently several "dichotomous keys" have been developed for training graders in the USFS hardwood tree grading system. TREEGRAD uses the Tree Grading Algorithm (TGA) for determining grades from defect location data and is designed to be used as a teaching aid.

Parent Publication

Proceedings, 8th Central Hardwood Forest Conference

Citation

Stringer, J.W.; Cremeans, D.W. 1991. TREEGRAD: a grading program for eastern hardwoods. In: McCormick, Larry H.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, 8th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 1991 March 4-6; University Park, PA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-148. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 598-599.