Crown Fuel Characteristics of Japanese Red Pine (Pinus densiflora) in Mt. Palgong, Daegu

摘要

Crown fuel characteristics such as crown bulk density, crown base height, and fuel moisture content of Japanese red pine were analyzed. Ten trees in Mt. Palgong at Daegu, were destructively sampled and their crown fuels were weighed separately for each fuel category. Fuel content of live and dead crown component were 53%, and 15.3%, respectively. Foliar moisture content was 56%. Needles and twigs with diameter less than 1cm diameter accounted for 16.2%, 55% of total and crown fuel load. Average crownbulk density of Japanese red pine was 0.24 kg/m~3, effective crown fuel bulk density was 0.1325 kg/m~3.