Silviculture Resources
Introduced Forests- New Zealand
This reference covers the introduction of redwoods into New Zealand and specifically focuses on its suitability as a commercial lumber tree there. It covers siting and establishment, silviculture, growth and yields, wood properties and use, propagation, and future roles for this tree in New Zealand. It is reader friendly including many photos and tables and no graphs.
This reference provides yield tables for second-growth redwoods <60 years old and in relatively poor growing conditions. The document is from 1923, before there were many older second-growth redwood stands. This is for pure redwood stands, and does not provide data on mixed species plantings. This reference includes an easy-to-understand explanation of yield tables, site classes, and site indices that will be valuable for anyone new to the subject.
Published in 1963, this is an updated version of the previous reference with less background on interpreting the tables.
Redwoods Handbook- New Zealand
This reference contains many photos, graphs, and tables to illustrate how a landowner might best manage a redwood tree farm for timber production. It covers all aspects of Silviculture.
Redwoods Forever Restoration Forestry Manual
This reference provides an alternative example of a vertically integrated company that manages land to produce redwood timber structures with the goal of managing a structurally and compositionally diverse forest. Unlike many of the other resources, their primary objective is not to maximize wood production by growing small trees on rotation, but rather to maximize cash flow while creating forests with trees up to 500 years old.
Experimenting with Coast Redwood Timber Production in the Pacific Northwest
This article was written by our brilliant staff member, Harry Bhagwandin, a tree farmer in Lewis County. It details his first-hand experience visiting fellow tree farmer Terry Lamers's property in Oregon. While it is a less technical piece, it outlines the thinking behind Northwest farmers shifting to embracing redwoods as an economically and ecologically sound crop.