Article: JUVENILE WOOD EFFECT IN RED ALDER: ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL DATA TO DELINEATE JUVENILE AND MATURE WOOD ZONES.

Article: Red alder: new markets for this hearty tree: ...
Alaska Business Monthly;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... should appreciate a true pioneer like the red alder. The deciduous hardwood tree thrives ... the past. In most of Southeast Alaska, red alder trees line the roads. Like a good pioneer, red alder not only thrives on adversity, but also ...

Article: Red Alder stacks up to other hardwoods: a consumer ...
Wood & Wood Products;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... iswonline.com In the Pacific Northwest, red alder (Alnus rubra) is a commercially important ... of more than 300 million board feet. Red alder is also abundant in southeast Alaska ... little commercial harvest. Historically, red alder has been used for lower value products ...

Article: Red Alder--The Valuable Western Hardwood.(Brief ...
Wood & Wood Products;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...RED ALDER'S range is the West Coast of the United ... California north to Alaska and Canada. Red alder is a water-loving, quick-growing ... thrives in moist conditions. For years, red alder was appreciated more as a source of fuel ...

Article: The alder advantage: gaining popularity, red alder ...
Wood & Wood Products;  August 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Coast of the United States and Canada, red alder (Alnus rubra) is one of some 15 species ... foot, it is moderately Light. Use of red alder has been steadily increasing to include ... writes in World Woods in Color, "[red alder's] natural defects are exploited ...

Article: The effect of initial tree-planting density on timber and ...
Canadian Journal of Forest Research;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Abstract: Studies on red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.) and sycamore (Acer ... on the modulus of elasticity (MOE) in red alder and compression strength in sycamore. Wood samples taken from red alder in high-density plots of 2500 stems x ...

Article: Relations between red alder composition and ...
Canadian Journal of Forest Research;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Abstract: Interest in mixed red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.)-conifer young-growth ... 38-42 years old) comprising a gradient of red alder--conifer overstory composition, with red alder ranging from 0% to 86% of stand basal area ...

Article: Effects of species mixtures on growth and stand development of ...
Canadian Journal of Forest Research;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) and red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.) often results when red alder regenerates naturally in planted conifer ... included a range of species proportions, and red alder was either planted simultaneously with ...