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The ability to assess wood quality using longitudinal compression strength (LCS) of plugs removed from along the length of a tree stem was assessed in ponderosa pine damaged to varying degrees 4 years earlier in a prescribed burn. LCS has been used elsewhere to estimate residual strength of utility poles and might be a simple method for assessing wood quality in standing trees. The degree of stem char on fire-killed trees had a significant effect on LCS values. LCS values of plugs from charred portions of fire-killed ponderosa pines were greater than those from uncharred portions of fire-killed ponderosa pine trees. LCS might be a useful tool for forest managers assessing the remaining flexural properties of standing dead timber after fires. © 2009 by the Society of American Foresters.
Cataloging Information
- catastrophic fires
- char
- charring
- coniferous forests
- decay
- deterioration
- fire injuries (plants)
- fire management
- fire regimes
- fire resistant plants
- fire scar analysis
- fire suppression
- forest management
- forest products
- fungal decay
- fungi
- insects
- longitudinal compression strength
- mortality
- nongame birds
- Oregon
- pine
- Pinus contorta
- Pinus ponderosa
- Pinus resinosa
- ponderosa pine
- ponderosa pine
- recreation
- roads
- salvage
- snags
- trees
- wildfires
- wood
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