Merchantable Timber Volumes

The following chart (figure 2) shows the estimated volume per hectare in board feet of the tree species found in Site #2. These values were calculated using DBH (diameter at breast height) and length of merchantable timber data which were found during our inventory of the site (click here and here for inventory data). Our inventory included six five-meter radius plots distributed throughout the site. Some error in these values could be caused by our selection of each plot location. The plots were not random or placed at equal distances along a transect but were chosen to represent the largest ecological gradient possible for the site. This could cause volume estimates to be incorrect since certain species could be more or less dense than the fixed radius plots suggest.

Figure 2