Properties of wood from improved and intensively managed trees

A limited review of the literature wasonducted concerning wood properties of improved trees grown under intensive management. It is concluded that differences between wood properties of trees from the natural and manmade forests are associated with the short-rotation and resulting high proportion of juvenile wood in the harvest of the improved trees. Properties of juvenile wood of conifers and hardwoods and problems encountered in processing and utilizing juvenile wood in solid wood products are discussed. Insights are offered concerning the rapidly changing forest resource and its implication in the solid wood industry, particularly lumber.