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New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Table 3 Diameter growth, heartwood content and a* colour of the coast redwood trees, showing forest averages with ranges of tree values in brackets

From: Variation in the wood properties of coast redwood trees in New Zealand

Forest

Tree age (years)

Diameter at breast height (cm)

Heartwood content1(%)

Heartwood a* colour2

Kinleith

71

95 (66–111) a

71 (67–77) a

14.9 (13.6-16.5) a

Mangatu

38

59 (38–84) b

57 (46–70) b

14.8 (11.3-17.8) a

Rotoehu

22

41 (29–67) c

49 (34–69)

14.4 (10.8-16.9)

  1. 1Heartwood content at 6 m for Kinleith and Mangatu Forest, breast height for Rotoehu Forest.
  2. 2Heartwood a* colour at 0 m for Kinleith and Mangatu Forest, and breast height for Rotoehu Forest.
  3. Average values followed by the same letter do not differ significantly (p > 0.05).
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