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Fiber lengths in stems and brances of small hardwoods on southern pine sites

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1974

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ABSTRA cr. The 22 speci. selected for analysia comprise over 95 percent of the hardwood volume occurring on pine sites. Ten tre. 6 inch. in diameter at breast height (DBH) of each species were taken from throughout that portion of the Ipeci.' range occurring in the South. Pie-sh8P~ Wedg., removed at 48-inch intervals alon, the st8D and each brandl. were combined within eadl of the two wood categories for weighted lampl.. Stem fiber lengths varied from 0.83 mm in red maple to 1.76 mm in black tupelo; brandl fiber Iength8 were significan_tly shorter, varying from 0.66 rom in r~ maple to 1.4~ mm in black tupel~.