Lumber recovery from insect-killed lodgepole pine in the northern Rocky Mountains.

Marlin E. Plank

doi:10.2737/PNW-RP-320

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Lumber recovery from insect-killed lodgepole pine in the northern Rocky Mountains.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Marlin E. Plank

Year:

1984

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-RP-320

Source:

Res. Pap. PNW-RP-320. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 16 p

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Abstract

A total of 496 logs from lodgepole pine (Pinus contorts Dougl. ex Loud.) trees killed by the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopk.) were compared with 189 logs from similar live trees. Logs were processed through a stud mill. In most cases lumber recovery from trees dead 1 to 3 years was the same as that from live trees. Less cubic volume was recovered from trees dead 4 or more years. Recovery tables and curves are shown.

Keywords

lumber recovery, lumber yield, dead timber, insect damage (-forest products, lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta, Rocky Mountain area

Citation

Plank, Marlin E. 1984. Lumber recovery from insect-killed lodgepole pine in the northern Rocky Mountains. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-320. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 16 p