Estimating yellow-poplar growth and yield

Abstract

Yellow-poplar grows in essentially pure, even-aged stands, so you can make growth and yield estimates from relatively few stand characteristics. The tables and models described here require only measures of stand age, stand basal area in trees 4.5 inches and larger, and site index. They were developed by remeasuring (at 5-year intervals over a 20-year period) many stands having a wide range in age and site index and thinned to varying basal areas.

Parent Publication

• Central hardwood notes

Citation

Beck, Donald E. 1989. Estimating yellow-poplar growth and yield. In: Hutchinson, Jay G., ed. Central hardwood notes. St. Paul, MN.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 5.06