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Western Indicators of Cull in Oregon Conifers United States Department of Agriculture Indicators of Cull in Forest Service Pacific Northwest Forest andRange Western Oregon Experiment Station General Technical Report PNW-1 44 Conifers September 1982 Paul E. Aho This file was created by scanning the printed publication. Mis-scans identified by the software have been corrected; however, some errors may remain. Author PAUL E. AH0 is a research plant pathologist, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, 3200 Jefferson Way, Corvallis, Oregon 97331. Abstract Contents Aho, Paul E. Indicators of cull in 1 Introduction western Oregon conifers. Gen. 1 Defect Indicators Tech. Rep. PNW-144. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2 Decay Fungi Forest Service, Pacific Northwest 2 Red Ring Rot Forest and Range Experiment Station; 1982. 17 p. 4 Red Ring Rot (var. cancriforrnans) 5 Rust-Red Stringy Rot Descriptions and color photographs of 6 Brown Trunk Rot important fungal sporophores (conks), other indicators of cull (wounds), and 7 Red-Brown Butt Rot associated decays in western Oregon 8 Yellow Laminated Rot conifers are provided to aid timber markers, cruisers, and scalers in 9 White Spongy Rot identifying them. Cull factors are given 10 Mottled Rot for the indicators by tree species. 10 Yellow Pitted Rot Keywords: Cull logs, decay (wood), 11 Brown Crumbly Rot timber cruising, log scaling, coniferae, 12 Brown Cubical Rot western Oregon. 12 Brown Top Rot 13 Pencil Rot 14 Injuries Indicating Associated Defect 14 Basal Injuries 14 Trunk Injuries 14 Frost Cracks 15 Top Injuries 15 Forks 15 Crooks 16 Swollen Butts 16 Dwarf Mistletoe Cankers 16 Additional Souces of Information 17 Appendix Introduction Defect Indicators Timber cruisers and scalers must be Type and age of all kinds of wounds Two gene;al types of defect indicators able to estimate net volumes of stand- can be used to determine presence and are: ing trees and bucked logs accurately. amount of decay in trees. Basal and Accurate inventories are essential to trunk wounds, frost cracks, and top Signs of decay fungi, such as fruiting sustained-yield forestry. Forest land is damage - such as dead or broken bodies (conks, sporophores) and classified, timber is sold, roads are tops, forks, and crooks - are often punky or swollen knots; and built, and mills are developed from excellent indicators of defect. Some estimates of net volume obtainable abnormalities commonly seen on trees Injuries or wounds that are potential from a given acreage of forest land. are seldom, if ever, associated with infection courts for decay fungi, Serious financial losses can occur decay. Burls, closed dwarf mistletoe including basal and trunk wounds, when less volume is harvested than and rust cankers on the bole, and bark frost cracks or seams, rust and dwarf cruisers report. abnormalities not associated with mistletoe bole cankers, and top wound callusing are examples. damage, such as dead and broken Cruisers and scalers need to recognize Infrequent or minor indicators of decay tops, forks, and crooks. indicators of decay and other defects on include recent (young) or small (less logs and trees to predict net volumes than 1 foot long) basal or trunk Signs of decay fungi, especially conks, accurately. Sporophores or conks of wounds, dead vertical branches, and usually indicate that decay is present. decay fungi are the most important indi- open dwarf mistletoe and rust bole Whether or not swollen .knots, especial- cators of decay in standing trees or cankers. ly those on Douglas-firs and western logs. Amount of decay associated with hemlocks, are of fungal origin is conks depends on the species of The purpose of this paper is to help sometimes difficult to determine, fungus producing the conk. Fortu- timber cruisers and scalers identify however. Decay is not always associat- nately, only a few fungi are responsible indicators of cull2and important ed with injuries. Large, old wounds are for most decay losses in western decays found in the conifer species in most likely to be infected with decay Oregon conifers. western Oregon. Cull factors, if fungi, and associated decay columns available, will also be given for are also larger. Some types of indica- Decay in trees is caused primarily by important indicators on various tree tors seldom have associated decay. two classes of fungi, white rot and species. Results of numerous studies brown rot. White-rot fungi produce on decay in Pacific Northwest conifers enzymes that can use all wood com- indicate that decay losses within and ponents; brown-rot fungi principally among tree species vary considerably decompose cellulose. Wood with from one locality to another and, to an incipient (early) white-rot decay can even greater extent, from one region to usually be used for pulpwood and another. Cull factors for a given tree lower grade wood products. Wood in species should be applied only to that any stage of brown-rot decay cannot species and only in the locality or area be used for pulp or lumber. where the cull study was conducted. Because decay is so variable, famili- Indications that conks have been arity with local conditions must be present or are developing are also gained by observing cruised timber useful in predicting presence and after it is felled and bucked, by amount of decay. Pieces of old conks observing decayed logs as they are may still be attached or lying at the opened by headsaws, and by compar- base of a tree. A hole in the bark may ing cruise estimates with gross and net be where a branch has rotted out or log scales. The cull rules presented are where a conk was attached. Punk and averages for a tree species and usually swollen knots are produced commonly are applicable in a limited area. They by some fungi, and these indicators are should be modified only when local especially helpful to scalers. Most knowledge or experience indicate that sporophores growing from the ground other cull deductions wduld be more have no relation to decay in living appropriate. trees, but an important exception is red-brown butt rot.' Conks of this fungus, reliable indicators of butt rot, Cull includes decay, shake, and frost are seldom found on living trees, but cracks. Defect, as used in this paper, is are commonly found on the ground at synonymous with cull. the base of trees with butt rot. Scientific names of all taxa mentioned in this paper are given in appendix table 3. 1 Decay Fungi The first two fungi mentioned are the most commercially important causes of cull; the order in which the others are mentioned has no significance. Red Ring Rot Common names For the decay: Red ring rot, conk rot, white pocket rot, pecky rot, white speckled rot. Figure 3. - Decay in a Douglas-fir caused by red ring rot. For the fungus: Ring-scale fungus. Hosts: Douglas-fir, larch, pines, hemlock, spruces, cedar, true firs, and Port-Orford-cedar. Entry: Thought to be dead branches or Figure 1. - Conk of red ring rot on the stubs. trunk of a Douglas-fir. Location: Trunk Conks: Perennial, produced at branch stubs and knots, rarely at wounds. Conks bracketlike to hoof shaped, with Figure 4. - Close-up of red ring rot decay a brownish-black upper surface having showing white pockets (white speck). concentric furrowed rings and a brown undersurface. Rot: A cellulose and lignin-destroying white pocket rot attacking heartwood. Occasionally enters living sapwood. Can be confused with red ray rot, and red root and butt rot. Early stage: Usually reddish but varies by host species; usually red-purple in Douglas-fir, light purplish-gray in spruce, pink to reddish in pines, colorless in cedar. Late stage: Few to many spindle- shaped, white pockets with firm wood between. Pockets may run together; Figure 2. - Swollen knots caused by red sometimes black zone lines are pro- ring rot on the trunk of a Douglas-fir. duced. Late stage may be distributed uniformly, may be in rings, or in crescent-shaped segments of rings. Key idenfitying features: Table 1 - Cruising cull rules for red ring rot in Douglas-fir, western hemlock, and western white pine Swollen knots on logs; Punk knots on logs; White pockets in rot; Tree and age Visible indicator Deduction Conks (when present); Doug las-f i r Rot column in rings or crescent- Under 125 years Conk Degrade, but no cull shaped segments of rings; and Conks on ground at base of tree. Over 125 years Conk See table 2 Swollen knots See table 2 Cull rules: Old-growth western Conks Cull 16 feet .;or single Tables 1 and 2 give cruising cull rules hemlock, true firs conk; 16 feet above and for Douglas-fir, western hemlock, and (over 125 years) below for group of conks western white pine. Information helpful for modifying the cull deductions is: Swollen knots Cull 1/2 the distance figured for conks Conk rot is usually more severe: From north to south in Oregon; Western white pine Conks Cull 2 feet above and 4 feet In older stands; below each conk In pure stands than in mixed; On steep slopes than on gentle; On shallow than deep soils; and On sites predominated by secondary vegetation - vine maple, vanillaleaf, oxalis, or rose, Table 2 - Conk deduction in feet above the highest or below the lowest conk for rather than salal, twinflower, or Douglas -f irs rhododendron. ~ Conks are higher on trees in older Tree Conks Swollen Knots stands. age Below Above Below Above lowest highest lowest highest The larger the conk, the more related decay - unless the small Years conks are remnants of large conks 150 4 4 2 2 that have fallen off.
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