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Table 2 Summary of breast height outerwood density values by region

From: Modelling the variation in wood density of New Zealand-grown Douglas-fir

Region

No. of stands

Breast height outerwood density (kg m−3)

Mean

Std. dev.

Min.

Max.

North Island

 Bay of Plenty

135

430

29.3

326

500

 Waikato

40

405

28.0

373

477

 Other North Island

7

445

33.0

403

491

South Island

 Tasman/Nelson

44

445

32.0

368

505

 Canterbury

50

424

44.6

324

520

 Otago

14

393

47.7

319

483

 Southland

22

438

29.8

381

532

Overall

312

427

35.8

319

532