Properties of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) wood: Physical and mechanical properties of Scots pine wood from the area of Zlatibor, Republic of Serbia | Својства дрвета белог бора (Pinus sylvestris L.): физичка и механичка својства дрвета белог бора са локалитета Златибора – Република Србија
2009
Шошкић, Б.М., Шумарски факултет, Београд (Serbia)
Scots pine is a coniferous wood species distributed throughout Europe and Asia. It covers a wider area than Austrian pine. In Serbia, Scots pine wood volume accounts for 1.8%, and current volume increment for 3.5%, of the total volume, i.e. current volume increment, respectively. Its sapwood colour is yellowish or reddish white, and heartwood colour is brownish red. It is applied in civil engineering, mostly for places exposed to external impacts. This research deals with a dominant tree in a natural stand in the area of Zlatibor. The site is especially interesting because Scots pine and Austrian pine form a special association: Pinetum nigrae-silvestris P a v. The analysed properties are: change in density, swelling, fibre saturation point and rate of vapour and water absorption. The changes in properties were measured at each two metres of stem height. Mechanical properties of wood were analysed in the part between 1.3 and 3.3 m of stem height. The study results are systematised and presented in Tables, with the corresponding statistical indicators. The comparative analysis was performed with the data on Austrian pine wood from the same locality and with the available data from other localities.
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