MP627: Additional Volume Tables for Maine

This publication contains all of the volume tables completed since the release of Miscellaneous Publication 624 (balsam fir, hemlock, pulpwood, topwood) along with aids for computing tree volume in Maine.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/aes_miscpubs/1032/thumbnail.jp

MP624: Volume Tables for Maine

With the completion of the hemlock volume tables it seemed desirable to publish under one cover all of the volume tables compiled by the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. Therefore the white pine volume tables for southern Maine prepared by D. B. Demeritt, and the northern white cedar volume tables prepared by James D. Curtis and Dwight B. Demeritt are included. The publication includes volume tables for northern white cedar, various hardwoods, hemlock (both second growth and old growth), white pine, poplar, and spruce.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/aes_miscpubs/1031/thumbnail.jp

TB18: Mensuration Methods for Site Classification of Shade Tolerant Tree Species

All of the climax tree species in Maine are shade tolerant. This means that they have the capacity of surviving and growing slowly in the seedling, sapling and pole-size stages. As a result none of the established methods employing total age are applicable. In searching for a way to overcome this problem an entirely new approach to quantitative site evaluation was conceived. This study evaluates this new mensurational approach to site evaluation for shade-tolerant trees.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/aes_techbulletin/1178/thumbnail.jp

B749: Pulping, Biomass, and Nutrient Studies of Woody Shrub and Shrub Sizes of Tree Species

The research described in this report was a further effort to determine the potential of woody plants and forest waste not normally used commercially as a source of wood pulp. The results of previous studies of this subject have been reported in several technical journals and as LSA Experiment Station Bulletins over a period of several years. It was concluded that the only feasible way of harvesting this type of material for pulping would be as a whole plant. The small size and large proportions of bark and small branches would preclude any kind of barkwood separation process. If species of this kind and size could be grown and harvested as a crop, it might be possible to improve pulping yield and pulp characteristics by selectively pulping species, using optimum pulping conditions which might vary with the species.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/aes_bulletin/1091/thumbnail.jp

TB17: Fiber Weight and Pulping Characteristics of the Logging Residue of Seven Tree Species in Maine

This publication presents information on fiber weight and pulping characteristics of the logging residue of red spruce, red maple, white birch, white pine, balsam fir, hemlock, and aspen. The accumulation of evidence concerning the amount of fiber in the present logging residue and the pulping potential of that residue justifies this synthesis of the various studies in a single publication.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/aes_techbulletin/1177/thumbnail.jp

MR230: Weight Tables for Tree and Shrub Species in Maine

Some biomass data on the components of tree and shrub species were collected nearly every summer from 1963 through 1978 for the express purpose of relating fresh and dry weight to the commonly measured physical dimensions of height and diameter at breast height. The first opportunity to conduct a biomass inventory occurred in 1974 in conjunction with a volume inventory of the Public Lots in Maine. In order to include all woody vegetation at least 1.0\u27 (30 cm) in height it was decided to measure all trees 1.0 (2.5 cm) and larger on a variable point sample and to measure the smaller trees and shrubs on a small fixed plot. In 1978 all of the biomass data in the files were compiled by components within species and three new sets of equations were prepared for each species relating fresh and dry weight by component, aboveground portion and the complete tree to diameter at breast height, and to height for the small saplings. These equations are presented in tabular form extending over the range of the field data in both English and Metric units.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/aes_miscreports/1019/thumbnail.jp

The Commercial Use of Puckerbrush Pulp

This study investigates the potential of several local puckerbrush or weed trees and shrubs as sources of fiber for papermaking. Four different pulping processes were used (sulfate, magnesium bisulfite, neutral sulfite semichemical, and cold caustic) with six puckerbrush species (alder, gray birch, red maple, pin cherry, aspen, and willow). Mixtures of puckerbrush species, and commercial chip-puckerbrush species mixtures were pulped by the sulfate process with the objective of producing a pulp that would be suitable for fine-grade papers. The results produced a good grade of bleachable pulp with adequate physical characteristics for most fine paper grades. The other three pulping processes were used to produce higher yield pulps suitable for coarse grades of paper and paperboard. The magnesium bisulfite process produced a pulp in the 50 percent yield category but did not adequately pulp the bark. The neutral sulfite semichemical process gave a relatively high yield of a pulp that compared favorably to commercial pulps used in the manufacture of corrugating board. The cold caustic pulping process resulted in high yields of a pulp that had many of the characteristics of pulp from commercial hardwood chips.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/aes_techbulletin/1138/thumbnail.jp

TB65: The Commercial Use of Puckerbrush Pulp

This study investigates the potential of several local puckerbrush or weed trees and shrubs as sources of fiber for papermaking. Four different pulping processes were used (sulfate, magnesium bisulfite, neutral sulfite semichemical, and cold caustic) with six puckerbrush species (alder, gray birch, red maple, pin cherry, aspen, and willow). Mixtures of puckerbrush species, and commercial chip-puckerbrush species mixtures were pulped by the sulfate process with the objective of producing a pulp that would be suitable for fine-grade papers. The results produced a good grade of bleachable pulp with adequate physical characteristics for most fine paper grades. The other three pulping processes were used to produce higher yield pulps suitable for coarse grades of paper and paperboard. The magnesium bisulfite process produced a pulp in the 50 percent yield category but did not adequately pulp the bark. The neutral sulfite semichemical process gave a relatively high yield of a pulp that compared favorably to commercial pulps used in the manufacture of corrugating board. The cold caustic pulping process resulted in high yields of a pulp that had many of the characteristics of pulp from commercial hardwood chips.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/aes_techbulletin/1138/thumbnail.jp

TB49: Puckerbrush Pulping Studies

A study was made of the potential of weed trees and shrubs, called puckerbrush, native to the state of Maine as a source of fiber for the paper industry. Six species—gray birch, red maple, pin cherry, aspen, alder, and willow—were used in the study. All components of each species were studied separately, including stemwood, branches, roots, and stump. In addition, two mixtures of components of each species were studied: Composite 1, a representative mixture of stem, branches, roots and stump, and Composite 2, a mixture of stem and branches.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/aes_techbulletin/1144/thumbnail.jp

B758: A Biomass Study of the Thinning Potential and Productivity of Immature Forest Stands in Maine

The purpose of this study is to establish the degree of reliability that can be placed in biomass as a means of assessing thinning potential and site productivity of immature forest stands in Maine. The above ground biomass on 205 plots representing a variety of age classes in immature hardwood and softwood stands on meso, wet, and dry sites was cut and weighed including the standing dead trees on softwood sites. In addition, 45 point sample biomass plots were located and measured in mature all aged stands. Graphical analysis was used to relate stand characteristics to age by site and species groups for the immature stands.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/aes_bulletin/1064/thumbnail.jp