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Matti Kärkkäinen (email)

Havaintoja kuusen oksaisuudesta.

Kärkkäinen M. (1972). Havaintoja kuusen oksaisuudesta. Silva Fennica vol. 6 no. 2 article id 4864. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a14667

English title: Observations on the branchiness of Norway spruce

Abstract

The material comprised 12 Norway spruces (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) from Central Finland, with 2,118 branches. The exact location of the branches on the stems, their diameter at the thick end, their length, and the green weight of all the branches was measured on two-metre lengths of the stem.

According to the results, the diameter of a branch can be estimated very accurately from its length. The variation of branch diameter along the stem was also very regular, although there were considerable differences from one tree to another. The greatest work requirement for trimming was in the middle and upper parts of the green crown. Branch variables per tree, such as the number and cross-section area o the branches, could be satisfactorily estimated from the volume or breast-height diameter of the stem.

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Original keywords
kuusi; oksikkuus; karsinta; oksan pituus; oksan läpimitta

English keywords
Norway spruce; Picea abies; branchiness; branch diameter; branch length; trimming

Published in 1972

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