Wood and Fiber Properties of Hybrid Poplars from Southern British Columbia, 1996 Pulping Conference Proceedings
H.A. Cisncros
Consultores Forestales Asociados
L. Belanger
Dept. Chem. Engineering
W.Y. Gee
P.A. Watson
J.V. Hatton
Paprican
The wood density, ring width (growth rate), fiber length, fiber coarseness and tension wood content have been determined of 20 hybrid poplars grown on a plantation in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. Tension wood contents were low, and between-hybrid variations in wood density and fiber length were substantially smaller than the large variation in growth rate. Selection of fast-growing hybrid poplars which also have high wood density, and l-mm long, thin-walled fibers good for papermaking, therefore, is a distinct possibility and a goal of this preliminary study.
Wood and Fiber Properties of Hybrid Poplars from Southern British Columbia, 1996 Pulping Conference
