Merna Mohammad*(1) and Osama Radwan (1)
(1). Forestry and Environment Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria.
(*Corresponding author: Eng. Merna Mohammad. E-Mail: mernamhmad44@gmail.com) .
Received:21/06/2023 Accepted:18/10/2023
Abstract:
This research was carried out in the Quercus cerris .subsp. pseudocerris forest in Slonfeh – Lattakia governorate in the Syrian coastal mountains region. This research aims to estimate the growth and wood yield of Quercus cerris .subsp. pseudocerris trees located in the Katif Alazzer region in Lattakia Governorate and to establish a database for the Cilician fir forest (diameters – heights – wood volume) using traditional inventories. Field measurements were conducted in the summer of 2021. Thirty circular samples were taken, the area of each sample was 400 square meters include all the variations in the site. Tree diameters measured in all samples ranged between 38.82 ± 28.86 cm, and height values for trees in all samples ranged between 20.36 ± 18.03 m.The results showed that the average diameter of Quercus trees in the studied site was 33.17 cm, and the average height was 19.46 m, while the amount of woody volume amounted to 311.25 m3 /ha at the age of 85 years, with a tree density of 324 per hectare,While the annual growth rate was 3.66 m3/ha/year.The results also showed that the highest value of the base area, which amounted to 21.69 m2, was in sample No. (2), and the lowest value of the base area amounted to 0.66 m2, and it was in sample (16). As for the wooden stock, a value of 17.34 m3 was recorded in sample No. (2), and the value It is 8.24 m3 in the sample (13).
Keywords: Quercus cerris subsp. pseudocerris, Wood volume, Height, productivity.
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