Coppiced Poplar Branch Biomass — Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE)

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Biomass of branches (axillary to stems) removed from stems of the coppiced regrowth of poplars (T5; growth after first harvest in 1999 of trees planted in 1989) reported as the total mass of branches per destructively sampled tree. For stem (main vertical access) biomass of coppiced poplars, see Related Tables.

This datatable is part of the Primary Production of the Poplar Treatment of the Main Cropping System Experiment dataset.

This dataset contains allometric and areal biomass data for the Poplar treatment (T5) of the Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE) at the LTER Main Site. The Poplar treatment is managed as a short-rotation woody biomass system on an approximate 10-year rotation cycle with replanting or coppicing after harvest. Rotations are as follows:

First: planted in April 1989 with stem cuttings of Populus nigra x P. deltoids hybrid at a stocking density of 1 tree per 2 square meter, harvested in February 1999.
Second: trees allowed to coppice after 1999 harvest, coppicing produced multiple stems per tree, coppiced regrowth harvested in January 2008.
Third: planted in May 2009, after a fallow year, with stem cuttings of Populus nigra x P. maximowiczii at a density of 1 tree per 3.6 square meter, harvested in February 2018.
Fourth: planted in June 2019, after a fallow year, with stem cuttings of Populus nigra x P. maximowiczii at a density of 1 tree per 3.6 square meter.

For further information on poplar management, search the KBS Aglog.

Note

Experiment:	Main Cropping System Experiment (MCSE)
Data available from:	January 1999 to January 2003
Dataset:	KBS094
Datatable ID:	KBS019-012.86
Core Areas	Primary Production
Repository link:	http://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/11813b609a26b343cced93805b25a98b
Related Tables:	Poplar Biomass – Allometric Development Poplar Yield Poplar Tree Biomass (Direct Measurement and Allometry) Coppiced Poplar Stem Biomass Coppice Poplar Branch and Stem Biomass Poplar Stem Biomass (Direct Measurement and Allometry) Poplar (T5) Leaf Litter Biomass
Personnel:	Dick Harwood, original investigator Stacey VanderWulp, principal contact Phil Robertson, original investigator Nick Haddad, lead investigator
Last Updated	2024-03-18

Variate	Description	Units
Year	The sample year
Campaign	a major multi-year research activity with a discreet purpose
Date	date on which sampling occurred
Treatment	main experimental treatment
Replicate	replicate block, nested within treatment
Tree ID	A position code in the form x,y where x is column number starting from the west and y is row number starting from the south.
stem id	the stem id in case multiple stems are measured
Biomass	dry mass of the branches

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Data Excerpt

year	campaign	date	treatment	replicate	tree_id	stem_id	biomass
2003	Poplar Destructive Sampling	2003-12-03	T5	R1	16,80	4	15.801
2003	Poplar Destructive Sampling	2003-12-03	T5	R1	16,80	3	10.161
2003	Poplar Destructive Sampling	2003-12-03	T5	R1	16,80	6	0.98
2003	Poplar Destructive Sampling	2003-12-03	T5	R1	16,80	5	0.47
2003	Poplar Destructive Sampling	2003-12-03	T5	R1	16,80	2	48.119

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