Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31298/sl.146.1-2.3
The structure of above-ground biomass of wild cherry (Prunus avium L.) in lowland Croatian forests
Željko Zečić
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet šumarstva i drvne tehnologije
Andreja Đuka
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet šumarstva i drvne tehnologije
Dinko Vusić
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet šumarstva i drvne tehnologije
Branko Ursić
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Fakultet šumarstva i drvne tehnologije
Davor Benić
; Hrvatske šume Zagreb, UŠP Vinkovci
Abstract
The paper presents the structure of the total above-ground biomass of wild cherry (Prunus avium L.) trees in the area of the Spačva basin in the Vinkovci Forest Administration. The research was performed on 120 samples of wild cherry trees with a diameter at breast height (DBH) ranging from 10 to 72 cm and tree height ranging from 10.8 to 34.4 m. Timber assortments were processed according to the Croatian Standards for Forest Exploitation Products from 1995.
The assortment structure of sample wild cherry trees shows significant deviations in relation to the assortment structure tables used by the company ”Croatian Forests” Ltd. Zagreb. The share of veneer logs ranges from 9.29% (37.5 cm) to a maximum of 19.50% in the diameter class of 67.5 cm. Sawmill logs of the first quality class range from 12.04% (72.5 cm) to 19.89% (32.5 cm), and of the second quality class from 17.30% (62.5 cm) to 26, 89% (32.5 cm). Thin roundwood assortment is represented in the diameter class of 17.5 cm with 17.44% and immediately in the next with 15.90%, while in the higher diameter classes it is significantly less represented. The share of stacked wood (firewood and pulpwood) is the highest in the first diameter class, 88.76% (12.5 cm) and in the next two with 67.44% and 47.71%, and is the lowest in the diameter class 67.5 cm with share of 27.01%. The average share of stacked wood is 42.09%. Waste in the total structure ranges from 11.24 (12.5 cm) to 19.12% (27.5 cm), and is on average 16.47%. Double bark thickness ranges from 0.53 cm to 3.37 cm, with an average of 1.66 ± 0.57 cm, and the percentage of bark share ranges from 4.77% to 16.46%, with a mean value of 9.02 ± 2.01%.
The parameters of the Schumacher-Hall equation, wood density, moisture content, branch volume (diameter <7 cm) and the structure of total aboveground biomass were also determined.
Keywords
wood volume; wood assortments; bark thickness; wood waste
Hrčak ID:
273393
URI
Publication date:
28.2.2022.
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