Case study - Chuchloma FMU, Kostroma region, Russia

Chumachenko S.I., Moscow State Forest University

Korotkov V.N.,All-Russian Research Institute for Silviculture and

Mechanization of Forestry

Moscow

Kostroma

‘Russkii Les’ Experimental Forestry

Chuchloma FMU

Russia

Task 3.1 Application of models to case

studies

Chuchloma FMU Kostroma region

• Area 245,000 ha

• 10 districts

Information system contains detailed information on 24380 strata

Sludnoe district, 24416 ha Dominant tree species

Age class distribution

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Pine Spruce Birch Aspen

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Growing stock: Growing stock: 38% Birch 28% Spruce 19% Pine 15% Aspen38% Birch 28% Spruce 19% Pine 15% Aspen

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Monodominant stands (>=8) - 30221 га All stands - 226969 га

Area of stands by dominant tree Area of stands by dominant tree species, haspecies, ha

Monodominant stands

Area of stands with different number of tree species

4%17%

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Area of stands with different part of spruce, ha

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Tree stands with 50% of Spruce

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14230 ha 20% of spruce

standsVolume of tree species, %Volume of tree species, %

Current forest management practice

• Purpose of thinnings (cleaning cuttings) is improve tree species composition, increase of part of coniferous tree species (pine and spruce)

• Mixed stands with coniferous species are object of thinnings

• Pure birch and aspen stands have never been as object of thinnings