Geographic Variation of Growth and Wood Properties in Eastern White Pine--15-Year Results
Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.) is the largest of eastern conifers and has been an important tree marketed for much of the nation's history. It attains a height of over 100 feet with straight and clear bole. Its wood is straight grained, relatively soft and suitable for a variety of uses. Aesthetically, it is a desirable shade tree as well as a member of the wild community. Numerous plantations have been established outside its natural range such as in Romania, Germany, England, Italy, Japan, and New Zealand. The present paper was intended to report up-to-date growth data, to furnish new genetic information on the geographic variation pattern of the selected wood properties and to analyze growth-wood properties relationships.
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Author(s): Chen Hui Lee
Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Northeastern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1973