Potential productivity of dense, young thickets of red alder

Dean S. DeBell

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Potential productivity of dense, young thickets of red alder

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Dean S. DeBell

Year:

1972

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

Source:

Res. Note PNW-RN-2. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 6 p

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Abstract

Total above-ground production was evaluated in 28 natural alder thickets, aged 1 to 14 years. On a per acre basis; mean annual production varied from 3 to more than 20 tons of green wood per acre. Such yields warrant preliminary trials of short-rotation cultural systems with red alder.

Keywords

red alder, thickets, camas, washington

Citation

DeBell, Dean S. 1972. Potential productivity of dense, young thickets of red alder. Res. Note PNW-RN-2. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 6 p