Comparison of the anatomical elements and physical properties of wild cherry (Prunus avium L.) and alder hybrid wood

Warsaw

2008

S. 166-170

1 Tab., 11 Lit. Ang.

Artikel aus einer ZeitschriftUnselbständiges Werk

200153263

In the recent years, interest in wild cherry has grown dramatically on the world's market. It is widely used for furniture, millwork, parquet, souvenirs, finish of musical instruments, sports articles. Wild cherry wood is valued high on the world's market owing to its technological and mechanical properties such a elasticity, not too high hardness, easy processability, and similar mechanical properties of both the heartwood and sapwood parts of the stem. It has a rich red-brown colour, which enhances with age. In Latvia, black alder and grey alder grow; now and then a hybrid of both the species - alder hybrid is found in wild-growing Stands. It is early-maturing, with different leaf vein number. Attempts have been made to acclimatise artificially the alder hybrid owing to its great increment, although its physico-mechanical properties are not investigated. In the present study, the anatomical elements and physical properties of wild cherry and grey alder hybrid wood are presented. The annual ring width for alder hybrid is 2.43 mm or 1 cm for a 4.2 annual ring; correspondingly, these indices for wild cherry are 2.68 mm and 1 cm for the 3.73 annual ring.