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Table 1 Australian regional growth rates for wood plantations

From: Erratum to: Planted forest development in Australia and New Zealand: comparative trends and future opportunities

Species

Mean Annual Increment (m 3 ha -1 year -1 )

Rotation length (years)

Region(s)

Temperate eucalypts (pulpwood)

16 - 25

10 - 14

Tasmania, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, south-west Western Australia

Temperate eucalypts (sawlog)

13 - 20

25 - 45

Tasmania, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, south-west Western Australia

Araucaria spp.

13 - 15

50

Queensland, northern New South Wales

Pinus radiata

16 - 21

30

Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, south-west Western Australia, South Australia

Pinus elliotii and P. caribaea hybrids

12 - 18

30

Queensland, northern New South Wales

Eucalyptus nitens

15

15

Tasmania

  1. Source: Gavran et al. (2012).