Table 10 . --Moisture content (percent) by top, middle, and bottom 



crown, sections for foliage, branchwood, and foliage and 

 branchwood combined. The moisture contents were averaged 

 for all species using individual tree moistures. Average 

 moistures for all components are weighted by biomass of 

 each component 



Moisture content 



Dominants 



Intermediates 



Crown component 



Top 



Middle 



Bottom 



Top 



Middle 



Bottom 



Fol iage 



116 



111 



102 



102 



99 



104 



Brancliwood : 



to 0.25 inch 



100 



84 



72 



83 



76 



73 



0.25 to 1 inch 



95 



84 



75 



85 



74 



68 



1 to 3 inches 



84 



77 



• 74 



75 



71 



63 



All comoonents 



111 



100 



86 



92 



84 



82 



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