Increment growth in Beech

[gibbon]

Hi

 

I am looking to find some information on average annual increment growth for early mature Common Beech if anyone can point me towards some reference material?

 

We have a conflict with a newly built structure against the stems of some trees and would like to get an idea of the time frame before the structure or the trees may become damaged.

 

Thanks, Mat

[se7enthdevil]

very hard to predict and depends on the age of the tree and its growing conditions. i've hade some beech that has had 100 years in 5" and another bit of 5" that was 24years. they were from the same tree and were obviously young and old growth parts but it just shows the variation you can get.

 

i've no info to recomend but one thing i might suggest is measure its girth now and then in a years time, then a year after that, and so on. do this for about 5 years and you should get an aproxamation of its growth rate.

 

 

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[codlasher]

I spent nearly 50 years of my life in amongst the Beech trees of the Chilterns. 30 of them working in the woods and when we had the time we looked at growth rings.

I would expect an average of between 1/2" to 1" of 'increment' per year on a mature stem, in some cases more. We callipered some trees for interests sake and this was the finding.

The rule of the game was never to fell more timber than 60% of your increment, per year, as this was like money earning interest in a good bank!

codlasher.

[gibbon]

Thanks.what we are looking at is a structure just built with a estimated life span of 15 years. I think the tree will grow against it within 15 years but would like to find some information to reference

[roseyweb]

Could you use Yield class tables

I think thats what I can remember from my forest mensuration at forestry school

[Marc Lewis]

Could you use Yield class tables

I think thats what I can remember from my forest mensuration at forestry school

 

I don't think yield class tables will show the increase in girth but will the increase in total volume. I may well be wrong

[Marc Lewis]

I don't think yield class tables will show the increase in girth but will the increase in total volume. I may well be wrong

 

Of course the yield class tables will help as roseyweb suggests.

 

Be interesting to hear of your findings

[skyhuck]

Of course the yield class tables will help as roseyweb suggests.

 

Be interesting to hear of your findings

 

Do you often talk to yourself???

[roseyweb]

I get a feeling yield class is to do with volume or a overall stand of timber but I'm sure somewhere in the blue book or yield class tables there is something which will convert dbh into something or other. I would go upstairs and look but there's this thing about naked survival on discovery and it seems far more I treating