J. For. Sci., 2021, 67(3):113-124 | DOI: 10.17221/125/2020-JFS

Effect of site conditions on the properties of hawthorn (Crataegus azarolus L.) woodOriginal Paper

Noorollah Nazari1, Mohsen Bahmani*,1, Saleh Kahyani1, Miha Humar2
1 Department of Natural Resources and Earth Science, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
2 Department of Wood Science, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

This study investigated the influence of site conditions on the physical and morphological properties of hawthorn (Crataegus azarolus L.) wood grown in Zagros forests of Iran. Hawthorn is a valuable woody species in Iran's Zagros forests with data deficiency in its wood properties. To our best knowledge, there is no study on the properties of hawthorn wood. Twenty-seven mature trees were randomly chosen and sampled at three altitude levels (1 800-2 000, 2 000-2 200, and 2 200-2 400 m) in the Bazoft region of Chaharmahal Va Bakhtiari, Iran. Dry wood density, volumetric shrinkage, fibre length, fibre diameter, cell wall thickness were then determined. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was conducted to evaluate significant differences between the mean values of studied wood properties at different altitude levels and slope classes. Moreover, the relationships between the above-mentioned properties and some site conditions (temperature, precipitation, altitude, and slope) as well as growth parameters of trees (tree height, DBH, age, crown dimensions, volume, etc.) were studied by principal component analysis (PCA). The results indicated that trees growing at the second altitude level had the highest oven-dry density values, and those at the third altitude level had the lowest ones. Results also indicated a significant effect of altitude levels on fibre length, fibre diameter, and cell wall thickness. In contrast, a significant difference was found between the mean values of fibre diameter at different slope classes. PCA indicated that altitude, precipitation, and temperature are the most important environmental site variables affecting the wood characteristics.

Keywords: altitude; fibre dimension; Zagros forests; oven-dry density; PCA

Published: March 5, 2021  Show citation

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Nazari N, Bahmani M, Kahyani S, Humar M. Effect of site conditions on the properties of hawthorn (Crataegus azarolus L.) wood. J. For. Sci.. 2021;67(3):113-124. doi: 10.17221/125/2020-JFS.
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