What Eucalyptus logs can tell...

"Plus tree : a phenotype judged, but not yet proven by progeny test, to be unusually superior in some quality or qualities such as an exceptional growth rate relative to the site, desirable growth habit, high wood quality, exceptional apparent resistance to disease and insect attack or to other adverse locality factors."

Nieuwenhuis, M. (2000) Terminology of Forest Management Planning. IUFRO World Series, Vienna.


Cold hardy Eucalyptus nitens plus tree as source of information on silviculture, wood properties, tree genetics and stand dynamics / Arbol plus de eucalipto nitens resistente a la helada como fuente de informacion sobre silvicultura, propiedades de la madera, genetica forestal y modelos de crecimiento / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundoFig. 1: Example of Eucalyptus plus tree as source of information on silviculture, wood properties, tree genetics and stand dynamics. (Click image to enlarge, 1024 x 768 px)

"Genetic gains derived from the incorporation of tree genetic improvement criteria to silvicultural management at stand level have been too much overlooked. The potential is tremendous and this incorporation is the fastest way to obtain a significant level of genetic improvement. Besides those activities directly related to regeneration, which automatically include harvest operations, the best way to apply genetics to silviculture is through those process of thinning, pruning and, less impacting, fertilisation. Thinning especially is the most suitable way to obtain quick applied genetic results.

The most common mistake of practical forestry around the world is to establish or let grow without intervention to harvest age tree stands in conditions of excessive stocking per surface unit. Insufficient spacing is one of the main limiting factors for tree growth, and in such a way its genetic potential cannot be expressed completely. Consequently, dasonomic practices involving thinning are essential tools if a maximum of genetic gain is to be obtained from improved tree strains. There is a question that will always be recurrent: Which is the optimal spacing for each tree species and location? But the base idea to answer that question will always be recurrent aswell: that one giving enough room for a tree to grow and express its potential to the fullest."

Bruce Zobel & John Talbert (1984) Applied Forest Tree Improvement. John Wiley & Sons Inc, NY



Also in Eucalyptologics...


Cold hardy Eucalyptus nitens plantation as source of information on silviculture, wood properties, tree genetics and stand dynamics / Plantacion de eucalipto nitens resistente a la helada como fuente de informacion sobre silvicultura, propiedades de la madera, genetica forestal y modelos de crecimiento/ GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundoFig. 2: Cold temperate Eucalyptus pulpwood harvest operations in Galicia


Cold hardy Eucalyptus forestry in Galicia (II): when snow comes...

Snow in a 10 year old cold hardy Eucalyptus nitens cultivated forest at 800 m above sea level in Galicia (Northwestern Spain)/ Nieve en bosque cultivado de Eucalipto nitens (Eucalipto de las heladas, Eucalipto brillante) a 800 metros de altitud en Galicia (Noroeste de España) / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundoFig. 3: Winter view of a 10 year old frost tolerant Eucalyptus cultivated forest at 800 m above sea level in Galicia (Northwestern Spain).


Eucalyptus Seed: Harvest it Right

Eucalyptus seed capsules, flower buds, immature seed pods, mature seed pods, senescent seed pods, capsule collection and seed extraction methodology / Semilla de eucalipto, flor de eucalipto, capsulas inmaduras de eucalipto, capsulas maduras de eucalipto, capsulas extramaduras de eucalipto y metodos para cosecha de semilla de eucalipto / Eucalyptus pauciflora seed / Snow Gum Seed / Semilla de Eucalipto de las Nieves / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundoFig. 4: Different simultaneous stages of the reproductive cycle and seed maturation process in a standing Snow Gum Eucalyptus tree.


Eucalyptus from seed: some key concepts

Cold hardy Eucalyptus forestry seedling nurseries in Galicia / Viveros de planta de eucalipto resistente a la helada en Galicia / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundoFig. 5: Examples of cold hardy Eucalyptus forestry seedling commercial nursery stock for afforestation.


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