Bark thickness related to tree diameter in sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.)

H. Clay Smith

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Bark thickness related to tree diameter in sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.)

Informally Refereed

Authors:

H. Clay Smith

Year:

1969

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-107. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.

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Abstract

Bark thickness for sugar maple trees in Vermont was found to be related to tree diameter at breast height (d.b.h.). The relationship was positive-as the diameter increased, the bark thickness increased.

Citation

Smith, H. Clay. 1969. Bark thickness related to tree diameter in sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.). Research Note NE-107. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.