Working Paper FP/36/E

Planted Forests and Trees Working Papers

MANAGEMENT OF WOOD PROPERTIES

IN PLANTED FORESTS

A PARADIGM FOR GLOBAL FOREST PRODUCTION

Richard Jagels

University of Maine
Department of Forest Ecosystem Science
Orono, Maine 04469 (USA)

June 2006

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

I. Introduction

II. Scope and Limits of this Document

III. Wood Properties
General Discussion
A. Four Categories of Wood Structure Based on Cross-Sectional View
B. Characteristics and Examples
Planted Forests

IV. Summary Prescriptive Advice
Initial Planning
Wood Property Issues for Five Planted Forest Types

CONCLUDING REMARKS

REFERENCES

Appendix I. Wood Quality Can Be a Subtle Attribute