RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Falin A. Yu. Economically Valuable Characteristics оf Three Willow Species in Southern Karelia // Forest Science (Lesovedenie). 2010. No. 5. P. 31-35 (in Russian).

Variability of economically valuable characteristics of three willow species (Salix pentandra L., S. caprea L., and S. myrsinifolia L.) from southern Karelia were studied and compared. Тhе content and quality of tannins, the wood tissue length, the ash content in wood, and the conventional wood density (S. pentandra and S. caprea) were determined. Тhе data obtained demonstrates the possibility of the initial materials as the basis for willow selection.

Variability, fast-growing species, willow, selection.