Site Index Curves

Loblolly Pine - Central Tennessee, Northern Alabama, and Northwest Georgia

Loblolly Pine - Central Tennessee, Northern Alabama, and Northwest Georgia
Total Age (Years)
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Lobblly pine plantations (Smalley and Bower 1971)
Central Tennessee, Northern Alabama, and Northwest Georgia
270 plantations, number of dominant and codominant trees not given
Total height and age from seed, anamorphic, logarithm equation
Site index is total height at 25 years age from seed
Convert d.b.h, age to age from seed by adding years according to
site index (BH = 0.0):

SI <50 >50
Years 4 3