Panorama Instructions: Click on the
panorama, and press the keyboard Spacebar to view Hotspots (click them
for tree info), press the "A" key to zoom in, "Z" to
zoom out. To pan around, left click the mouse and drag.
Stand conditions: This loblolly
pine plantation was growing in Pittsylvania County, Virginia on
an average to good site. Soils here are predominately red clay. The
original planting density was likely 8 x 10 feet (around 544 trees
per acre). Mortality, fire, and self-thinning leave
us with a fairly dense 432 trees per acre. The lack of hardwoods on
this site indicates good weed control at stand establishment and an
occasional controlled burn.
Age: approx. 20
Trees per acre: 432
Total value per acre: $1834 *
- Sawtimber: 0 tons = $0
- Chip and Saw: 45 tons = $1037
- Pulpwood: 106 tons (41 cords) = $798
Cut
it!
* Growth data represented here is based on one prism
point sample within the harvested stand. Monetary data is based on 2003
dollars and timber values. Actual payments to landowners are generally
50% of gross payments, but vary widely with distance to mills, terrain,
harvest size, etc.
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