Notes:
General. This Appendix represents an up-dated and revised version of the earlier tables which appeared as Appendix 8 of the Report of the Fourth Session of the Panel (1977). The Panel recognized that many of the priority ratings must be considered tentative, and in many cases information is inadequate to allow even a tentative rating to be made. Nevertheless, the present attempt should be useful in relating the priorities of various operations to each other and in indicating the many gaps in knowledge which exist. Periodic revision of the priorities will be needed in the light of the better information which it is hoped will be forthcoming from foresters and tree breeders all over the world.
Species importance rating (columns 1 to 3). The importance rating for a species is expected to remain constant over one to several decades, however, priority ratings for individual operations may change to reflect progress in genetic resources work. New species are also likely to be added to reflect new priorities, e.g. in the present table, species suitable for the production of energy are prominent and many such species have been added to those identified at earlier meetings of the Panel.
Scores. | The following scores are used in columns 1–3 : | ||
(1) | - highest | = priority species for the end use specified. | |
(2) | = of considerable importance for the end use specified. | ||
(3) | = of some actual importance, or with a potential value, for the end use specified. |
End use. | The importance ratings are divided between three categories of end use, as follows: |
Column 1, Industrial Wood = wood used for saw logs, heavy construction, chip and particle boards, pulp, etc. | |
Column 2, Fuelwood = firewood and wood used for the production of charcoal and energy. | |
Column 3, Other Uses = posts, poles, shade, shelter and land stabilization, food fodder, medicines, honey, gums, tannins, etc. |
Operational priority rating (columns 4–13). Four priority ratings are used, as follows:
1 | (highest priority) | = urgent action recommended; work should start (or be continued) with immediate effect |
2 | = prompt action recommended; work should start within the next two biennia (1982/83; 1984/85) at the latest; | |
3 | = action foreseen in the quinquennium 1985–90, at the latest; | |
4 | = work already completed or activity adequately covered by existing schemes. |
Relationship of operational priorities to species importance. Generally, individual species would not have a higher priority for a particular operation than for their importance rating, except in the case of conservation for endangered or vulnerable species. Other exceptions which exist are those potentially valuable species, in which further study on distribution, variation and utilization is considered likely to lead to an up-grading of their species priority rating, either in their native habitat or as exotics; and those species used in breeding, for example, for disease resistance.
Species of importance rating 1 normally merit priority 1 or, alternatively, have been classified 4, in at least one operation.
(E) signifies endangered with extinction or severe depletion of the gene-pool.
Column NBR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
Operation | Species Priority Rating | Operational priority rating | ||||||||||||
Exploration | Evaluation | Conservation | Utilisation | |||||||||||
Species | Industrial Wood | Fuelwood | Other Uses | Botanical | Genecological | Collection for Testing | Testing (Provenance Trials | In Situ | Collection for Conservation | Storage as Seed etc. | Ex Situ in Artificial Stands | Use of Bulk Supplies | Individual Selection and Breeding | Remarks |
Abies amabilis | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Internat. provenance trials in progress | ||||||
A. concolor | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
A. grandis | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | 4 | Internat. provenance trials in progress | |
A. lasiocarpa | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Internat. provenance trials in progress | |
A. procera | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Internat. provenance trials in progress | ||
Alnus rubra | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | ||
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | ||
Cupressus arizonica | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | |||
C. macrocarpa | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Larix laricina | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | |||
L. occidentalis | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | |||
Picea engelmannii | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | Internat. provenance trials in progress | ||
P. glauca | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 4 | Internat. provenance trials in progress | ||
P. sitchensis | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | Internat. provenance trials in progress | ||
Pinus albicaulis | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | |||
P. attenuata | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |||
P. contorta | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 4 | Internat. provenance trials in progress Recent bulk collections above 62°N for Sweden | ||
P. jeffreyi | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
P. lambertiana | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | Internat. provenance trials in progress | ||
P. monticola | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | |||
P. ponderosa | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |||
P. radiata | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Internat. provenance trials/gene pool stands established | ||
P. resinosa | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||
Populus balsamifera | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | |||
P. tremuloides | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Pseudotsuga menziesii | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Internat. provenance trials in progress | ||
P. macrocarpa | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |||
Thuja plicata | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | |||
Tsuga heterophylla | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |||
T. mertensiana | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Abies balsamea | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
A. fraseri | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | ||
Betula alleghaniensis | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |||
Carya cordiformis | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
C. illinoensis | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Of recent interest to China | ||
C. ovata | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Juglans cinere | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
J. nigra | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |||
Larix laricina | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | |||
Liquidambar styraciflua | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |||
Liriodendron tulipifera | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |||
Picea glauca | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |||
P. mariana | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | |||
P. rubens | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | 3 | - | |||
Platanus occidentalis | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |||
Pinus banksiana | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |||
P. clausa | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |||
Pinus echinata | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |||
P. elliottii | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |||
P. palustris | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |||
P. serotina | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |||
P. strobus | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |||
P. taeda | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |||
P. virginiana | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |||
Populus balsamifera | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | High potential for biomass on medium fertility soils | |
P. deltoides | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |||
P. tremuloides | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | |||
Prunus serotina | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |||
Quercus alba | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |||
Q. borealis | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |||
Q. macrocarpa | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Robinia pseudoacacia | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Ulmus americana | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
Taxodium ascendens | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | |||
T. distichum | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |