Oak site index and biomass yield in upland oak and cove hardwood timber types in West Virginia

Harry V. Wiant; Michael S. Fountain

doi:10.2737/NE-RN-291

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Oak site index and biomass yield in upland oak and cove hardwood timber types in West Virginia

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Authors:

Harry V. Wiant, Michael S. Fountain

Year:

1980

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NE-RN-291

Source:

Forest Research Note NE-291. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 2p.

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Abstract

More biomass was present in 46-year-old cove hardwood than upland oak types on the West Virginia University Forest near Morgantown. Oak site index was a poor predictor of biomass yields.

Citation

Wiant, Harry V.; Fountain, Michael S. 1980. Oak site index and biomass yield in upland oak and cove hardwood timber types in West Virginia. Forest Research Note NE-291. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 2p.