Equating Site Indices of Slash Pine Plantations and Natural Stands

Frank A. Bennett

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Equating Site Indices of Slash Pine Plantations and Natural Stands

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Frank A. Bennett

Year:

1971

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Res. Note SE-167. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 6 p.

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Abstract

This Note illustrates that adding a constant to 25-year index values for a plantation does not produce precise equivalent values on a 50-year basis at age 25. It further illustrates that a conversion based on yield is more accurate than one based on height. Precise equivalent values for 25-year and 50-year sites are developed at age 25 on the basis of comparisons of cubic yield for planted and natural stands.

Citation

Bennett, Frank A. 1971. Equating Site Indices of Slash Pine Plantations and Natural Stands. Res. Note SE-167. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 6 p.