TABLE I V
Annual Production of Leaf, Other a.nd Total Litter by the Forests of the World
Authority
Date
Location
Lat.
Long.
Alt.
Plant community
Origin1 Age Drying
Litter-fall
(approx.)
(m)
(yr) methoda (metric tons/ba/yr
Leaves Other T o L
Jenny el al.
1949 Colombia
4s
Bartholomew et at.
1953 Congo (Yangambi)
1N
Brynaert
p.c.
(Ituri)
2N
Laudelot and Meyer 1954
(Yangambi)
1N
Nye
1961 Ghana (Kade)
6N
Mitchell
p.0. Malaya
3N
Ashton
Hatch
Stoate
p.c.
Australia (Victoria)
37s
1956
(Dwellingup)
33s
1958
(Western)
c 33s
74w
24E
27E
24E
1w
102E
145E
l l 6 E
c l l 6 E
1700
1800
1650
150
c 600
c 230
c 300
c 450
270
EQUATORIAL FORESTS
Rain forest
Forest
Ewalyptus saligna
Cupressus lwrilanica
Mixed forest
Musanga ceeropioides, young
secondary forest
Mawolobium forest
Mixed forest
Brachystegia forest
Dioapyros spp., mature secondary
Dipterocarpue forest, lowland
Dipteromrpus forest lowland
Dipterocarpua forest: upland unforest
disturbed
Secondary forest, apparently never
cultivated, moderately disturbed
Secondary forest apparently never
cultivated, moherately disturbed
Secondary forest apparently never
cultivated, mohefately disturbed
Dipterocarpue baud%% plantation
Druobahnops armnatica plantation
Fagraea fragrane plantation
Shoreu lepr08uh plantation (close
Shorea Zep7osllla plantation (wide
WARM TEMPERATE FORESTS
planting)
planting)
I
I
E
E
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
22
25
40
28
28
25
30
30
0
8.3
2.9
8 5
10.2
1 2 3
14.9
15.3
12.4
12.3
0
7.0
3.5
10.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7.2
5.5
6.3
8.3
10.5
14.4
9.3
10.9
7.7
14.8
10.2
(including subtropical)
with undergrowth, 47 trees/ha
217 trees/ha
1013 trees/ha
Eucalyptus regnans, mature forest
I
200
4.2
3.9
8.1
Eucalyptus regnaw, spar forest,
I
55
4.1
3.9
8.1
Eucalyptus regnaw, pole forest,
I
25
3 4
3.3
6.9
Eucalyptus marginata virgin forest
I
0
1.2
1.1
2.4
Eucalyptus marginata: pole forest
I
36
0
2.0
1.1
3.1
Eucalyptus mnrginata sapling forest
I
c 25
0
1.6
1.0
2.6
Eucalyptue diversieoldr, virgin forest,
I
2.8
2.9
6.7
0.65 canopy
I=indigenous, E=exotic. * O=oven dry, A=air dry.
Annual Production of Leaf, Other a.nd Total Litter by the Forests of the World
Authority
Date
Location
Lat.
Long.
Alt.
Plant community
Origin1 Age Drying
Litter-fall
(approx.)
(m)
(yr) methoda (metric tons/ba/yr
Leaves Other T o L
Jenny el al.
1949 Colombia
4s
Bartholomew et at.
1953 Congo (Yangambi)
1N
Brynaert
p.c.
(Ituri)
2N
Laudelot and Meyer 1954
(Yangambi)
1N
Nye
1961 Ghana (Kade)
6N
Mitchell
p.0. Malaya
3N
Ashton
Hatch
Stoate
p.c.
Australia (Victoria)
37s
1956
(Dwellingup)
33s
1958
(Western)
c 33s
74w
24E
27E
24E
1w
102E
145E
l l 6 E
c l l 6 E
1700
1800
1650
150
c 600
c 230
c 300
c 450
270
EQUATORIAL FORESTS
Rain forest
Forest
Ewalyptus saligna
Cupressus lwrilanica
Mixed forest
Musanga ceeropioides, young
secondary forest
Mawolobium forest
Mixed forest
Brachystegia forest
Dioapyros spp., mature secondary
Dipterocarpue forest, lowland
Dipteromrpus forest lowland
Dipterocarpua forest: upland unforest
disturbed
Secondary forest, apparently never
cultivated, moderately disturbed
Secondary forest apparently never
cultivated, moherately disturbed
Secondary forest apparently never
cultivated, mohefately disturbed
Dipterocarpue baud%% plantation
Druobahnops armnatica plantation
Fagraea fragrane plantation
Shoreu lepr08uh plantation (close
Shorea Zep7osllla plantation (wide
WARM TEMPERATE FORESTS
planting)
planting)
I
I
E
E
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
22
25
40
28
28
25
30
30
0
8.3
2.9
8 5
10.2
1 2 3
14.9
15.3
12.4
12.3
0
7.0
3.5
10.5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7.2
5.5
6.3
8.3
10.5
14.4
9.3
10.9
7.7
14.8
10.2
(including subtropical)
with undergrowth, 47 trees/ha
217 trees/ha
1013 trees/ha
Eucalyptus regnans, mature forest
I
200
4.2
3.9
8.1
Eucalyptus regnaw, spar forest,
I
55
4.1
3.9
8.1
Eucalyptus regnaw, pole forest,
I
25
3 4
3.3
6.9
Eucalyptus marginata virgin forest
I
0
1.2
1.1
2.4
Eucalyptus marginata: pole forest
I
36
0
2.0
1.1
3.1
Eucalyptus mnrginata sapling forest
I
c 25
0
1.6
1.0
2.6
Eucalyptue diversieoldr, virgin forest,
I
2.8
2.9
6.7
0.65 canopy
I=indigenous, E=exotic. * O=oven dry, A=air dry.