From: Influence of site, storage and steaming on Eucalyptus nitens log-end splitting
Sites | Strathblane | Geeveston | Florentine |
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Location and environment | |||
Latitude and longitude (°) | −43.38; 146.94 | −43.15; 146.84 | −42.66; 146.47 |
pMAI (m3/ha/year)a | 20.8 | 36.6 | 37.2 |
Site index | 22.7 | 30.3 | 30.5 |
Altitude (metres above sea level) | 153 | 296 | 438 |
Annual mean temperature (°) | 10.9 | 10.3 | 9.5 |
Minimum temperature coolest month (°) | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.2 |
Annual rainfall (mm) | 1161 | 1212 | 1436 |
Annual evaporation (mm) | 963 | 929 | 913 |
Soil description | Sandy over clayey | Loamy over clayey | Yellow podzolic (gradational) |
Soil profile | Triassic sandstone–sandy over clayey soil | Red to brown clayey soils–Jurassic dolerite and Quaternary dolerite talus | Yellowish brown clay–mudstone, brown kurosol |
Wind direction | Generally northwest and site has intermediate exposure | Generally northwest and site is exposed | Generally southwest and the site has intermediate exposure |
Silviculture | |||
Year of establishment | 1993 | 1991 | 1993 |
Genetic origin | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Management | Thinned and pruned | Thinned and pruned | Pulp |
Establishment spacing (tree by row in metres) | 2 by 4 | 2.5 by 3 | 2 by 4 |
Establishment density (stems ha−1) | 1250 | 1334 | 1250 |
Age at thinning (retained stems ha−1) | 11 (300) | 10 (192) | Unthinned |
Age at pruning (height, m) | 3 (unknown) and 5 (6 m) | 4 (unknown) and 6 (6 m) | Unpruned |
Harvest characteristics plot-level data | |||
Felling age (years) | 20 | 22 | 20 |
Harvest stocking (stems ha−1) | 292 | 196 | 669 |
DBHb (cm ) | 31.2 | 43.1 | 26.9 |
Basal area (m2 ha−1) | 23.2 | 30.3 | 41.3 |
Selected trees | |||
DBHb (cm) | 30.0 | 42.7 | 33.9 |
Height (m) | 26.9 | 37.5 | 36.4 |
Slendernessc | 90.5 | 92.0 | 107.8 |
Mean log diameter (cm)—lower | 27.2 | 39.3 | 32.3 |
Mean log diameter (cm)—upper | 23.1 | 35.8 | 29.3 |