Defects in hardwood timber

Roswell D. Carpenter; David L. Sonderman; Everette D. Rast; Martin J. Jones

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Defects in hardwood timber

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Roswell D. Carpenter, David L. Sonderman, Everette D. Rast, Martin J. Jones

Year:

1989

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Agric. Handb. 678. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture. 88 p.

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Abstract

Includes detailed information on all common defects that may aRect hardwood trees and logs. Relationships between manufactured products and those forms of round material to be processed from the tree for conversion into marketable products are discussed. This handbook supersedes Agriculture Handbook No. 244, Grade defects in hardwood timber and logs, by C.R. Lockard, J.A. Putnam, and R.D. Carpenter, 1963.

Keywords

hardwood timber, timber quality, defects, scalable defects, grade defects, tree grades, log grades, stand evaluation

Citation

Carpenter, Roswell D.; Sonderman , David L.; Rast, Everette D.; Jones, Martin J. 1989. Defects in hardwood timber. Agric. Handb. 678. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture. 88 p.