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Table 2 Summary statistics for plantations and sample trees

From: Radial variation in modulus of elasticity, microfibril angle and wood density of veneer logs from plantation-grown Eucalyptus nitens

Silviculture

Site

Strathblane

Geeveston

Florentine

Establishment (year)

1993

1991

1993

Management

Thinned and pruned

Thinned and pruned

Pulp

Establishment spacing (m)

2 by 4

2.5 by 3

2 by 4

Initial stocking (stems ha−1)

1250

1334

1250

Age (year) at thinning [retained stems, ha−1]

11 [300]

10 [192]

Unthinned

Age (year) at pruning [pruning height, m]

3 [−]1 and 5 [6]

4 [−]1 and 6 [6]

Unpruned

Harvest characteristics

  Felling age (years)

20

22

20

  Harvest stocking (stems ha−1)

292

196

669

  DBH2 (cm)

31.2

43.1

26.9

  Basal area (m2 ha−1)

23.2

30.3

41.3

  DBH2 of sampled trees (cm)

30.0

42.7

33.9

  Height of sampled trees (m)

26.9

37.5

36.4

  Slenderness of sampled trees3

90.5

92.0

107.8

  1. 1Pruning height unknown
  2. 2Diameter at breast height over bark
  3. 3Tree height/DBH