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Chapter 27 



Table 27-132. — Ovendry weight of branches, bark included, per tree of six diameters 

 and eight species sampled in West Virginia (Wiant et al. 1977)' 



Tree dbh, inches 



Species 6 8 10 12 14 16 



Pounds 



Hickory, sp 54 95 178 304 473 685 



Maple, red 64 101 145 197 256 323 



Oak, black 58 99 166 262 385 535 



Oak, chestnut 51 85 145 232 345 486 



Oak, northern red 78 126 196 287 401 537 



Oak, scarlet 64 101 172 276 413 584 



Oak, white 45 64 1 10 184 285 413 



Yellow-poplar 26 25 45 85 144 224 



'Branches include topwood and limbs smaller than 4 inches in diameter outside bark. Data are 

 based on 19 to 22 trees of each species. 



^See table 13-11 for dry weight of branchbark and stembark of these trees; table 16-12 gives dry 

 weight of their branchwood and stemwood. 



Table 27-133. — Predicted ovendry weight of wood and bark in branches of yellow - 

 poplar trees (Clark and Schroeder 1977)' ' - 



Dbh 

 (inches) 



40 



50 



Total tree height (feet)-^ 



60 



70 



80 



90 



100 110 120 130 140 



-Pounds- 



6 



7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 



'Blocked-in area indicates range of data. 

 ^LogioY = -1.71827 + 0.88172 Logjo (D^Th). 

 ^Includes 1-foot stump allowance. 



