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General Forestry => Ask The Forester => Topic started by: ronnie tucker on May 17, 2015, 10:08:07 PM
in middle tn on ground that grows pretty good timber a white oak that measures 48in dbh what would be the size it might be in ten years time.
Many variables will affect that growth.
But maybe in the neighborhood of 1/16-1/8" diameter per year, so maybe an additional 1" in 10 yr.
So diameter increase of 2%. Could be less, and could be more.
But that increase in diameter will be a big effect on the additional % volume of bdft in that 10 years.
The butt log, if 12', may add an additional 50 to 100 bdft. to the volume in 10 yrs.
Take a bore sample of the last ten years, measure it and then double it, should be close.