Stand Parameters of a 27-Year-Old Water Oak Plantation on Old Field Loessial Soils

摘要

At age 27, water oak (Quercus nigra) plantings on Macon Ridge old field loessial soil near Winnsboro, Louisiana, had per-acre stand values as follows: number of trees, 456; average d.b.h., 6.6 inches; basal area, 86 sq ft, total volume from the stump to the tip (of trees with d.b.h. greater than 5.0 in), 2,017 cu ft,; average height of the 50 tallest trees, 61 ft.