3666 



General Index 



Slabs and edgings yield, 3328 

 Slicing veneer, 2143-2194 

 Soft rot, 809 



chemistry of attack, 809 



mechanics of attack, 809 

 Soils and topography, related to harvesting, 

 1498 



compaction, 1508 



erosion and its control, 1510 

 Solar drying, 2448 

 Sound enclosures, 2133 

 Southern pine sites 



definition of, 2, 14 



geologic history of, 14 



hardwood species on, 16 



species succession on, 14 

 Sound absorption; see also Acoustical 

 properties 



bark, 1217 

 Species, 49 



botanical and common names of 

 hardwoods, 16 



description and range, 49-1 19 



distinguishing features, 120-126, 351, 

 352 



hardwoods, on pine sites, 16 



illustrations of trees, foUage, seeds, 

 buds, and bark, 130-181 



key to hardwoods, botanical, 126 



regeneration of, 49-1 19 



succession on pine sites, 14 

 Specific cutting energy 



chippers, 1914, 2197 



defibrators, 2765, 2769, 3119, 3123, 

 3127 



flakers, 1912, 2216 



lasers, 2142 



saws, 1869 



stone grinders, 3119, 3127 

 Specific heat, 687 



bark, 1219 



cellulose, lignin, and extractives, 678, 

 689 



wood, 687 

 Specific gravity, 466 



definition of, 468 



methods of computing and estimating, 

 544 



see also Bulk density 



see also Density 

 Specific gravity of 



alpha cellulose, hemicellulose, and 

 lignin, 475 



bark, 1200 



sawtimber, 1184, 1202-1204 



seven species 6 to 22 inches in dbh, 



472 

 six-inch pine-site hardwoods, 481, 



1201 

 understory trees, 483, 1202 

 variation among and within trees, 

 1204-1208 

 branchwood 



sawtimber, four species, 1 184 

 seven species 6 to 22 inches in dbh, 



472 

 six-inch pine-site hardwoods, 481, 



1201 

 understory trees, 483, 1202 

 within-species variation, 484 

 cell walls, 475 

 rootwood, 1320, 1321 

 stemwood 



pulpwood, 472, 1184 

 sawlogs, 472, 1184 

 sawtimber components, four 



species, 1184 

 seven species 6 to 22 inches in dbh, 



472 

 six-inch pine-site hardwoods, 481 

 species-average values, 479, 1 184 

 topwood, 472, 1184 

 understory trees, 483, 1202 

 within-species variation, 484-514 

 within-tree variation, 514-543 

 see also fiulk density 

 see also Density 

 Specific gravity related to 

 bending to form, 2288 

 boring, 2085 

 chipping, 2202 

 density, 470 

 extractive content, 478 

 fiberboard properties, 2748, 2750; see 

 also Density related to fiberboard 

 properties 

 mechanical properties (strength) of 



wood, 738-742 

 moisture content, 470, 557, 570 

 shrinkage, 600 

 Splitting, 1804 



firewood, 1807 

 forces and productivity, 1807 

 pulpwood, 1806 

 Spring-set saw teeth, 1844-1846 

 Sprouting, 196, 198 

 Stains and molds in wood, 817 



chemical, 669, 670, 2336, 2403 

 in products, 841 

 Stability of 



flakeboard, 2990-3003, 3009 



