%0 Article
%T Effect of spacing on the first-year yield and height increment of some species undergoing short rotation culture
%A Pohjonen, Veli
%D 1974
%J Silva Fennica
%V 8
%N 2
%R doi:10.14214/sf.a14745
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/4901
%X <p>The effect of spacing on the first-year yield and height increment of <em>Alnus incana</em> (L.) Moench,&nbsp;<em>Populus tremula</em>&nbsp;L. x&nbsp;<em>Populus tremuloides</em>&nbsp;Michx. (<em>Populus x wettsteinii</em>), <em>Salix ’Aquatica Gigantea’</em>, and <em>Salix phylicifolia</em> L. was studied at the Arctic Circle Agricultural Experimental Station in Northern Finland. <em>S. ’Aquatica Gigantea’</em> gave yields which were twice as high as those of the other species in the study. The highest yields were of the order of 60 tons per hectare (fresh yield including foliage). The annual height growth in <em>S. ’Aquatica Gigantea’</em> was about 100 cm, in the others about 30–50 cm. <em>S. ’Aquatica Gigantea’</em> had a maximal height growth when the distance between the seedlings was 25 cm.</p>
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