Products Derived from Thinning Two Hardwood Timber Stands in the Appalachians

E. Paul Craft; John E. Baumgras

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Products Derived from Thinning Two Hardwood Timber Stands in the Appalachians

Informally Refereed

Authors:

E. Paul Craft, John E. Baumgras

Year:

1978

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. NE-422. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 8p.

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Abstract

Two sample plots in poletimber-small sawtimber stands of Allegheny hardwoods were thinned to improve crop-tree spacing. Thinning produced nearly 35 tons per acre of wood fiber, including 13 tons of sawable boltwood, 3-l/2 tons of standard sawlogs, 18 tons of pulpwood, and 1 ton of fuelwood. Nearly 3,700 board feet of lumber and cants were produced from the sawbolts and sawlogs. An additional 34 tons suitable for wood chips or fuelwood or both were available but not harvested.

Citation

Craft, E. Paul; Baumgras, John E. 1978. Products Derived from Thinning Two Hardwood Timber Stands in the Appalachians. Res. Pap. NE-422. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 8p.