Weight and volume yields from thinning two oak-hickory stands

E. Paul Craft; John E. Baumgras

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Weight and volume yields from thinning two oak-hickory stands

Informally Refereed

Authors:

E. Paul Craft, John E. Baumgras

Year:

1979

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. NE-448. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 7p.

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Abstract

Two sample plots in oak-hickory stands of poletimber-small sawtimber were thinned to determine product yields from thinnings. One stand received a light thinning; the other was heavily thinned. Light thinning reduced basal area from 120 ft² to 84 ft² per acre and removed 22 tons of roundwopd per acre, including 2,543 board feet of sawed products and 7 tons of pulpwood and firewood. Heavy thinning reduced basal area from 111 ft² to 53 ft² per acre and removed 48 tons of roundwood per acre, including 5,319 board feet of sawed products and 16.9 tons of pulpwood and firewood.

Citation

Craft, E. Paul; Baumgras, John E. 1979. Weight and volume yields from thinning two oak-hickory stands. Res. Pap. NE-448. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 7p.