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Article: The relationship between site and tree characteristics and the presence of wet heartwood in black spruce in the boreal forest of Quebec, Canada.
- Article from:
- Canadian Journal of Forest Research
- Article date:
- June 1, 2006
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Abstract: Wet heartwood in black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP) causes considerable problems during the drying process. Forest companies try to avoid harvesting stands with wet heartwood, but no relationship has been yet established between the incidence of wet heartwood and tree or site characteristics. To characterize areas containing a significant proportion of black spruce affected by wet heartwood, a total of 635 black spruce trees were sampled in eighteen 400 [m.sup.2] study plots under management in the central boreal forest of Quebec. A total of 18 study sites were analysed and classified as wet, intermediate, or dry, based on the proportion of individuals with ...