Lumber recovery from dead ponderosa pine in the Colorado front range.

Susan Willits; Richard O. Woodfin; Thomas A. Snellgrove

doi:10.2737/PNW-RP-428

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Lumber recovery from dead ponderosa pine in the Colorado front range.

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Authors:

Susan Willits, Richard O. Woodfin, Thomas A. Snellgrove

Year:

1990

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-RP-428

Source:

Res. Pap. PNW-RP-428. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 14 p

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Abstract

Lumber recovery information from live and beetle-killed ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws) in the Colorado Front Range is presented. No significant difference in lumber volume was found among the samples. Significant differences were found in lumber value among the live, 1-year-dead, and 3- to 5-year-dead samples. About 10 percent of the value was lost in the first year after death, primarily because of blue stain. Checks and splits, wood borers, and rot caused additional loss in subsequent years.

Keywords

Lumber recovery, ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa, Colorado Front Range, beetle-killed pine, blue stain

Citation

Willits, Susan; Woodfin, Richard O., Jr.; Snellgrove, Thomas A. 1990. Lumber recovery from dead ponderosa pine in the Colorado front range. Res. Pap. PNW-RP-428. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 14 p