Expected rates of value growth for individual sugar maple crop trees in the great lakes region
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2009
Abstract
Sugar maple single-stem real value growth was examined using various published models, original data, and recent harvest information. Trees with dbh of 14, 16, and 18 in. were examined, and it was assumed that trained foresters are able to judge the vigor and quality of individual trees and the likelihood of a stem's tree grade improving, staying the same, or declining over the next cutting cycle. Results indicate that a grade 1 tree will return 5.1‐7.8% if it improves to veneer grade, 1.2‐3.7% if it remains grade 1, and −0.2 to −2.6% if it declines to grade 2. Trees have greater rates of return and should be retained to larger diameters on higher quality sites.
Publication Title
Northern Journal of Applied Forestry
Recommended Citation
Webster, C. E.,
Reed, D. J.,
Orr, B. D.,
Schmierer, J. M.,
&
Pickens, J. B.
(2009).
Expected rates of value growth for individual sugar maple crop trees in the great lakes region.
Northern Journal of Applied Forestry,
26(4), 145-147.
http://doi.org/10.1093/njaf/26.4.133
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/business-fp/156
Publisher's Statement
© 2009 by the Society of American Foresters.