Tree Fanatic

Tree Species

Sterculia pilosa Ducke

Taxonomy

Variable

Wood Density
11 rows
0.530.5300Fearnside, P.M. 1997. Wood density for estimating forest biomass in Brazilian. Forest Ecology and Management 90basic density in Tapajos
0.550.5500Chichignoud, M., Deon, G., Detienne, P., Parant, B. and P. Vantomme. 1990. Atlas des Bois Tropicaux d'Amerique Latine. CIRAD-Foret, Nogent-Sur-Marne France, and Organisation internationale des Bois Tropicaux, Yokohama, Japan.South America (tropical)
0.470.4700Detienne, P. and Jacquet, P. 1983. Atlas d'Identification des Bois de l'Amazonie et des Regions Voisines. Centre Technique Forestier Tropical, Nogent-sur-Marne, France.South America (tropical)
0.530.5300Reyes, G., Brown, S., Chapman, J. and Lugo, A.E. 1992. Wood densities of tropical tree species. General Technical Report SO-88, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. Brown's 1997 FAO Primer is a summaSouth America (tropical)
0.510.5100Fearnside, P.M. 1997. Wood density for estimating forest biomass in Brazilian. Forest Ecology and Management 90basic density (average: Carajas, Curua-Una, Tapajos)
0.550.5500Chichignoud, M., Deon, G., Detienne, P., Parant, B. and P. Vantomme. 1990. Atlas des Bois Tropicaux d'Amerique Latine. CIRAD-Foret, Nogent-Sur-Marne France, and Organisation internationale des Bois Tropicaux, Yokohama, Japan.South America (tropical)
0.470.4700Detienne, P. and Jacquet, P. 1983. Atlas d'Identification des Bois de l'Amazonie et des Regions Voisines. Centre Technique Forestier Tropical, Nogent-sur-Marne, France.South America (tropical)
0.510.5100Do Nascimento, C.C., 1993. Variabilidade da densidade basica e de propriedades mecanicas de madeiras da Amazonia. Masters thesis in Forestry Sciences, Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura 'Luiz de Queiroz', Piracicaba, SP Brazil, 129.South America (tropical)
0.530.5300IBDF. 1983. Potencial madeireira do Grande Carajas, Instituto Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento Florestal, Brasilia, DF Brasil, 134 pp. In Fearnside, P.M. 1997. Wood density for estimating forest biomass in Brazilian Amazonia. Forest Ecology and Management 90South America (tropical)
0.490.4900IBDF. 1988. Madeiras de Amazônia, caracteristicas e utilização. Estação experimental de Curua-Una. Vol 2. Instituto Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento Florestal, Brasilia, DF Brasil, 134 pp. In Fearnside, P.M. 1997. Wood density for estimating forest biomass iSouth America (tropical)
0.510.5100Fearnside, P.M. (1997). Wood density for estimating forest biomass in Brazilian Amazonia. Forest Ecology and Management 90: 59-87.Americas
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Statistic Summary of Wood Density (g/cm³)

N
11
Mean
0.5136
Median
0.5100
Mode
0.5100, 0.5300
Stdv
0.0280
Variance
0.0008
Range
[0.47, 0.55]
Cumulative Distribution Plot
  • If the Moisture Content column is undefined, you may assume the value of 15%
  • The statistic summary is based on data availability in the database, thus it may change upon the data collection updates

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