Tāne’s Tree Trust

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Log Scaling - Indigenous volume tables, rimu, tawa, nothofagus species

Document Type
Letters, Data tables
Project Creator
NZ Forest Service
Current Holder
Archives New Zealand
Accession Number
TTT001014
Old Accession Number
TTT000014
Location
Christchurch Archives
Archives Number
BABB, CH19, 25/2
Period
1960 - 1974
Volume
Approx. 150 pp
Content
Contains volume tables (based on small end diameter underbark and length) for rimu from selection logging operations in South Westland with prescribed mensuration table.Methodology of how measurements were conducted, with discussion and formula and equations used for calculations of volumes is recorded.
Source
Ianthe Forest, Wanganui Forest
Future Work
May be useful to current work looking into log volume tables for rimu and tawa.The last letter in this file discusses carrying out future inventory with relevance to testing the applicability of the 1947 tawa volume tables to southern rata, Westland quintinia and kamahi. However there is no follow-up letter in response.
General Note
The tawa volume table is from the Rotarua Conservancy (1947).There are letters discussing the volume tables inaccuracies etc are contained in this file.
Sort
Adequate.
Publish
No
Researchers
G P S Allan, A W Williams, G A Stapleton, G Duff, L R Spicer
Security
High
Species
tawa (Beilschmiedia tawa), rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum), red beech (Nothofagus fusca), silver beech (Nothofagus menziesii), hard beech (Nothofagus truncata), mountain beech (Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides), southern rata, quintinia
Keywords
Logging, Nothofagus Species, Rimu, Tawa, Volume Equations, Volume Tables
Subject Areas
  • Harvesting: Derivation of log volume tables for rimu, tawa, southern rata, quintinia and kamahi.
  • Mensuration: Rimu volume tables.