Heat Content of Bark, Twigs, and Foliage of Nine Species of Western Conifers

Authors

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

1979

Abstract

Comparative combustion tests showed that bark, twigs, and foliage of nine commercial timber species in the Northern Rocky Mountains generally produce more heat than equal volumes of their ovendry wood and that these parts of harvested trees could be profitably utilized as a source of energy.

Comments

SuDocs call # A 13.79:INT-261

Recommended Citation

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, "Heat Content of Bark, Twigs, and Foliage of Nine Species of Western Conifers" (1979). Forestry. Paper 69.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/govdocs_forest/69