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Title: Quality index tables for some eastern hardwood species

Author: Mendel, Joseph J.; Smith, William H.

Date: 1970

Source: Res. Pap. NE-167. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 24 p.

Description: This paper briefly reviews the quality-index concept, presents log-quality index tables for a selected group of eastern hardwood tree species, and explains how timber operators can use Q.I. for evaluating the lumber that can be sawed from logs and trees.

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Mendel, Joseph J.; Smith, William H.  1970.  Quality index tables for some eastern hardwood species.   Res. Pap. NE-167. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 24 p..