TABLE I. Plant Biomass
Oven-dry weight los kg per ha
Trees
Pinw
Pinus
Pinus
Pinus
Pinw
Pinus
Pinus
Pinw
Pinus
Pinus
Pinus
densijlwa densifiwa syhwtris sylveatris sylvestris syheatria sylveatris
strobus
strobus
nigra
nigra
Location
Tiba
Tiba
East
South
West
East
Northeast Hokkaido Hokkaido
West
Northeast
Japan
Japan
England
Scotland England England Scotland
Japan
Japan
England Scotland
Status
Plantation Plantation Plantation Plantation Plantation Plantation Plant.ation Plantation Plant,ation Plantation Plantation
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8
Stand Number
Ages of trees in
years
Tree height in
metres
Number of trees
per hectare
Living plants
Tree layer
whole
canopy
Fruit
Leaves
Branches
Trunks
Shrub layer
Above ground
Herb layer
Above ground
Roots
Dead plant
material
On trees
Litter on
~~
ground (L,
F and H)
Removed as harvested trunks
Reference
1
16
-
-
16.4
0
5.4
11.0
36.6
0
6.2
-
-
-
-
A
2
16
-
-
12.9
0
5.3
7.6
85.5
0
6.3
-
-
-
-
A
3
23
8
3 640
19.3
0.4
5.1
13-8
44.3
0
0.2
28.1
13.0
29.8
15.1
B
4
33
14
4 260
21.3
7.3
14-0
118.8
0
<0.1
36.1
-
19.3
110.6
0
C
5
47
23
445
27.0
-
-
-
129.6
0
7.0
-
-
12.7
6
55
16
760
20.0
0.5
7.2
12.3
96.7
0
2.6
34.1
10.0
45.0
213.3
166.9
D
B
64
41
16
-
815
-
21.4
26.0
4.7
7.4
16.7
18.6
97.2
78.7
-
-
-
0
-
-
E
F
9
41
-
-
24.2
10.1
14.1
180.0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
F
10
11
46
48
23
14
482
1112
30.2
16.8
-
5.6
-
11.2
21 2.0
95.1
0
0
-
-
-
6.8
-
-
21.7
-
184.0
-
D
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Key to References shown in Table I. A. Satoo el al. 1955; B. Ovington, 1957a, 1959a; C. Ovington and Madpick, 1959a; D. Ovington, 1954e,
1955, 1956a, b, C; E. Wright and Will, 1958; F. Senda and Satoo, 1956; G. Sonn, 1960; H. Satoo, unpublished data; 1. Tamm and Carbonnier,
1961; J. Heilman, 1961; K. Smirnord and Gorodentseva, 1958; L. Ovington and Madpick, 1959b; M. Tamm, in manuscript; N. Ovington
and HeitIranip, in manuscript; 0. Mijller et ol., 1954; P. Miller. in manuscript; Q. Sntoo el ol., 1956; R. Greenland and K o a d , 1960; S. Ogaaa
ctol., 1961.