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General Technical Report

Title: Proceedings of a work-shop on Eucalyptus in California, June 14-16, 1983, Sacramento, California

Author: Standiford, Richard B; Ledig, F Thomas, technical coordinators

Date: 1983

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-69. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station; 128 p

Station ID: GTR-PSW-069

Description: To provide up-to-date information on Eucalyptus in California, researchers from Califor-nia, Florida, Hawaii, Oregon, and France presented papers on species selection, products, uses, and economics, growth and yield, cultural requirements, propagation, and breeding programs. This Proceedings of the Workshop should serve as a useful reference for landowners, foresters, nurserymen, horticulturists, and others who are planning to plant Eucalyptus.

Key Words: Eucalyptus, short-rotation trees, biomass, wood energy

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Front Matter and Table of Contents

Front Matter 949 KB

Part 1: History of Eucalyptus in California

Eucalyptus helped solve a timber problem: 1853-1880 141 KB
Groenendaal, Gayle M

Part 2: Species Selection

Adaptability of some Eucalyptus species in southwest Oregon 154 KB
Hunt, Lee O.

Southern California trial plantings of Eucalyptus 109 KB
Moore, Paul W.

Soil conservation service tests of Eucalyptus species for windbreaks 95 KB
Young, Gary L.

Eucalyptus as a landscape tree 85 KB
Hamilton, W. Douglas

Creating a database on Eucalyptus for California 92 KB
Merwin, Miles L.

Part 3: Products, Uses, Economics

Using Eucalypts in manufacturing 95 KB
Dost,William A.

California wood energy program 79 KB
Brittner, Gary

Large-scale Eucalyptus energy farms and power cogeneration 123 KB
Noroña, Robert C.

Economic evaluation of Eucalypt energy plantations 127 KB
Standiford, Richard B.; Ledig, F. Thomas

Part 4: Growth And Yield

Growth and yield of some Eucalypts of interest to California 202 KB
Skolmen, Roger G.

Evaluating trees as energy crops in Napa County 105 KB
Donaldson, Dean R.; Standiford, Richard B.

Growth and yield in Eucalyptus globules 143 KB
Rinehart, James A.; Standiford, Richard B.

Industrial planting of E. viminalis in Mendocino County 83 KB
Passof, Peter C.; Sweeley, John W.

Yields in high density, short rotation intensive culture (SRIC) — plantations of Eucalyptus and Other Hardwood Species 141 KB
Sachs, R.M.; Low, C.B.

Part 5: Cultural Requirements

Vegetation management in Eucalyptus 141 KB
Elmore, Clyde L.

Spacing trials using the Nelder Wheel 141 KB
Mark, Walter B.

Establishing a Eucalyptus energy plantation on the central coast of California 141 KB
Pillsbury, Norman H.; Ayers, Nelson L.

Fertilization and irrigation of Eucalyptus in southern California 141 KB
Moore, Paul W.

Managing a Coastal Bluegum (Eucalyptus globules) forest 141 KB
Osterling, Ralph S.

Harvesting to get a Eucalyptus coppice crop 141 KB
Geary, Thomas F.

Part 6: Propagation

Propagation and planting of containerized Eucalyptus seedlings in Hawaii 141 KB
Walters, Gerald A.

Micropropagation of frost-resistant Eucalyptus 141 KB
Boulay, Michel

Clonal propagation on Eucalyptus by cuttings in France 141 KB
Chaperon, H.

Part 7: Breeding Programs

Eucalypt Improvement for California: Progress and Plans 141 KB
Ledig, F. Thomas

Realized gain from breeding Eucalyptus grandis in Florida 141 KB
Meskimen, George

Citation

Standiford, Richard B; Ledig, F Thomas, technical coordinators 1983. Proceedings of a work-shop on Eucalyptus in California, June 14-16, 1983, Sacramento, California Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-69. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station; 128 p.