COST E42 Growing Valuable Broadleaved tree Species
Working Group 1 Basics of Growing Valuable Broadleaves
European inventory of improved varieties of valuable broadleaves COST E42 Inventory of Improved Varieties
“Improved varieties ”
Type of Basic Material Category of Forest Reproductive Material
Source identified Selected Qualified Tested
Seed Source X Stand X X X
Seed Orchard XX
Parents of Family(ies) XX
Clone XX
Clonal Mixture XX COST E42 Inventory of Improved Varieties
“Improved varieties ”
Type of Basic Material Category of Forest Reproductive Material
Source identified Selected Qualified Tested
Seed Source X Stand X X X
Seed Orchard XX
Parents of Family(ies) XX
Clone XX
Clonal Mixture XX
Additional information on average number of plants used for silvicultural purposes for each of the four categories of FRM (on a yearly basis) Number, area and harvest in selected non-tested seed stands COST E42 Inventory of Improved Varieties
“Improved varieties ”
Type of Basic Material Category of Forest Reproductive Material
Source identified Selected Qualified Tested
Seed Source X Stand X X X
Seed Orchard XX
Parents of Family(ies) XX
Clone XX
Clonal Mixture XX
Additional information on averageaverage numbernumber ofof plantsplants usedused forfor silviculturalsilvicultural purposespurposes forfor eacheach ofof thethe fourfour categoriescategories ofof FRMFRM (( onon aa yearlyyearly basis)basis) Number, area and harvest in selected non-tested seed stands COST E42 Inventory of Improved Varieties
State of the art COST E42 : 25 signatory countries Initial deadline: July 1 st 2006 Changes since Oxford, October 2 nd - 4th , 2006 data provided by SK and ES National Registers provided by NL and GB extraction of relevant data however… one year after the initial deadline… still 7 countries on the blacklist search for their National Registers additional data COST E42 Inventory of Improved Varieties
Some preliminary results
Tested seed stands: 1 ( Alnus glutinosa – NL) Seed Orchards 158 entries - “Tested”: 4 ( Betula pendula - SE) - “Qualified”: 123 - Not specified: 31 Entries for 15 tree species Total area: 530 ha COST E42 Inventory of Improved Varieties
Total area of seed orchards per country (ha)
250 225 4 200 3 175 2 150 1 125 0 100 ES FR SI GB LT 75 50 25 0 PL DE CZ AT NL SE SK HR FI DK BE Other < 5 ha COST E42 Inventory of Improved Varieties
Total area of seed orchards per species (ha)
150
5 125 4
3 100 2
1 75 t
0 ula fan sau bpu umi sto tpl csa sdo rps 50
25
0 tco agl bpe fex pav aps apl ugl Other < 5 ha COST E42 Inventory of Improved Varieties
Total area of seed orchards per country / per speci es (ha)
250 Ulmus glabra
225 Acer platanoides Acer pseudoplatanus 200 Prunus avium Fraxinus excelsior 175 Betula pendula Alnus glutinosa 150 Tilia cordata
125
100
75
50
25
0 PL DE CZ AT NL SE SK HR FI DK BE ES FR GB COST E42 Inventory of Improved Varieties
Total area of seed orchards per species / per count ry (ha)
150 NL DK 125 AT DE 100 SK ES GB 75 SE PL 50 LT HR 25 FR FI 0 CZ tco agl bpe fex pav aps apl ugl BE COST E42 Inventory of Improved Varieties
Some preliminary results Clones / Clonal Mixtures 86 entries - Clones: 84 - Clonal mixtures: 2 (LT: Alnus glutinosa & Betula pendula ) Entries for 6 tree species COST E42 Inventory of Improved Varieties
Number of clones / clonal mixtures per speciesr country / pe
50
40
FI 30 ES
GB FR 20 LT
10
0 Alnus glutinosa Betula pendula Betula pendula Prunusvar. avium Tilia cordata Castanea sativa Carelica COST E42 Inventory of Improved Varieties
Additional information
Non-Tested Seed Stands (1/4) Entries from 12 countries Total area of seed stands = 5344 ha Frequent harvest in only 1688 ha (32 %) COST E42 Inventory of Improved Varieties
SK Total Totalarea areaof selected of selected seed seedstands stands perr species countryper species /(ha) pe (ha) NL BE 1300 PT 1200 SI 1100 SE 1000 PL 900 IE 800 CZ 700 GB 600 HR 500 FI 400
300
200
100
0 Ac er Ac er Sorbus Sorbus Sorbus Sorbus B e tu la B e tu la F rax inus F rax inus excelsior excelsior torm inalis torm inalis auc uparia F raxinus auc uparia F raxinus Ac er Ac er R o b in ia R o b in ia pubescens pubescens platanoïdes angus tifolia platanoïdes angus tifolia Ulmus minor T ilia c ordata Ulmus minor T ilia c ordata U lm us glabra U lm us glabra var carelic a Juglans nigra var carelic a Juglans nigra Prunus av ium Prunus av ium pseudoacacia pseudoacacia Betula pendula Betula pendula T ilia tom entos a Betula pendula Betula pendula T ilia tom entos a Alnus glutinosa Alnus glutinosa pseudoplatanus pseudoplatanus T ilia platy phy llos Castanea sativa T ilia platy phy llos Castanea sativa COST E42 Inventory of Improved Varieties
Betula pendula var carelica Acer platanoïdes TotalTotal area area of selected of selected seed seed stands stands perr country species per (ha) country / pe (ha) Tilia platyphyllos Ulmus minor
1500 Sorbus torminalis Sorbus aucuparia 1400 Ulmus glabra 1300 Prunus avium 1200 Castanea sativa
1100 Juglans nigra Robinia pseudoacacia 1000 Tilia tomentosa 900 900 Betula pubescens 800 Fraxinus angustifolia
700 Acer pseudoplatanus Tilia cordata 600 Betula pendula 500 Alnus glutinosa
300
200
100
0
CZ PL HR SK SE LT BE IE GB FI SI NL COST E42 Inventory of Improved Varieties
Total area of selected seed stands per species (ha)
1500 1400 1300 1200 1100 1000 900 Not specified 800 No frequent harvest 700 600 Frequent harvest 500 400 300 200 100 0
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Bet ula pe n COST E42 Inventory of Improved Varieties
Conclusions Seed orchards Most important species with respect to area - Tilia cordata (30.5 %) - Alnus glutinosa (19.0 %) - Betula pendula (17.1 %) Most important species with respect to presence - Prunus avium 10 countries - Fraxinus excelsior 8 countries “Richest” countries with respect to total area - PL (65.4 %) & CZ (12.4 %) “Richest” countries with respect to number of species - CZ (23) & SK (15) & PL (15) however… total number of DIFFERENT genotypes in the so’s ?? COST E42 Inventory of Improved Varieties
Conclusions Clones / Clonal Mixtures Non-productive or low production capacity (except for B. pendula var. carelica ) Non-Tested Seed Stands Most important species with respect to total area and to presence - Fraxinus excelsior (24.7 % - 10) - Alnus glutinosa (21.7 % - 11) “Richest” countries with respect to total area - CZ (25.8 %) & PL (18.9 %) “Richest” countries with respect to number of species - CZ (16) & SK (12) COST E42 Inventory of Improved Varieties
Time to finalize ! No use in setting any further deadlines for non-responding countries Try to get hold of data ourselves (i.e. J.-C. B. & B.D.C) Write up a final report with compilation of available data in annex Deadline: end of 2007