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The Potential of Non-Native Pines for Timber Production—A Case Study from Afforested Post-Mining Sites
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Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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Łukasiewicz Research Network—Poznań Institute of Technology, Ewarysta Estkowskiego 6, 61-755 Poznan, Poland
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Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71A, 60-625 Poznan, Poland
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Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, Strnady 136, 252 02 Jíloviště, Czech Republic
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Forests 2024, 15(8), 1388; https://doi.org/10.3390/f15081388 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 27 June 2024
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Revised: 31 July 2024
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Accepted: 3 August 2024
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Published: 8 August 2024
Abstract
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) represents one of the most important commercial coniferous tree species, providing valuable timber. Due to climate change, it is experiencing serious problems in some areas, therefore, finding a suitable substitute for its wood is currently a challenge. In this study, we compared the wood quality of three different non-native pine species and Scots pine growing at the same site to ensure identical growing conditions. Black pine (Pinus nigra J. F. Arnold), a pine species native to Southern Europe, lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Douglas ex Loudon), and ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex C. Lawson) native to North America were compared to Scots pine for selected quantitative (productivity) and qualitative (physical and mechanical) properties. Significant differences between pine species were found in all quantitative dendrometric parameters, except average diameter at breast height. The stand volume ranged from 157 m3 ha−1 for lodgepole pine to 356 m3 ha−1 for Scots pine. For qualitative characteristics, wood density, shrinkage, and compressive strength were used to find differences among species in choosing the best alternative. The highest wood density was obtained for Scots pine (458 kg m−3), followed by black pine with 441 kg m−3. The density of the remaining pine species was significantly lower. Scots pine also exceeded the tested species in compressive strength (44.2 MPa). Lodgepole pine achieved the second highest value (39.3 MPa) but was statistically similar to black pine (36.5 MPa). The tested pine species exhibited similar values in shrinkage, which were statistically insignificant, ranging from 14.3% for lodgepole pine to 15.1% for Scots pine. Based on applications and preferred characteristics, black pine or lodgepole pine could serve as the Scots pine substitute in some areas. And vice versa, ponderosa pine did not attain the Scots pine wood quality.
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Zeidler, A.; Borůvka, V.; Tomczak, K.; Vacek, Z.; Cukor, J.; Vacek, S.; Tomczak, A.
The Potential of Non-Native Pines for Timber Production—A Case Study from Afforested Post-Mining Sites. Forests 2024, 15, 1388.
https://doi.org/10.3390/f15081388
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Zeidler A, Borůvka V, Tomczak K, Vacek Z, Cukor J, Vacek S, Tomczak A.
The Potential of Non-Native Pines for Timber Production—A Case Study from Afforested Post-Mining Sites. Forests. 2024; 15(8):1388.
https://doi.org/10.3390/f15081388
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Zeidler, Aleš, Vlastimil Borůvka, Karol Tomczak, Zdeněk Vacek, Jan Cukor, Stanislav Vacek, and Arkadiusz Tomczak.
2024. "The Potential of Non-Native Pines for Timber Production—A Case Study from Afforested Post-Mining Sites" Forests 15, no. 8: 1388.
https://doi.org/10.3390/f15081388
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