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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Tree name, density, and AARW of each test piece

From: Color measurements according to three sections of wood

Serial numbers

 

Tree name

Scientific name

Production area

Density (g/cm3)

AARW (mm)

Correlation coefficient between density and AARW

1

Conifers

Akamatsu

Pinus densiflora

Japan

0.49

0.80

-0.0462

2

Kaya

Torreya nucifera

Japan

0.46

5.09

3

Ichou*

Ginkgo biloba

Japan

0.48

3.05

4

Sawara

Chamaecyparis pisifera

Japan

0.34

3.11

5

Momi

Abies firma

Japan

0.41

4.41

6

Togasawara

Pseudotsuga japonica

Japan

0.46

3.27

7

Karamatsu

Larix kaempferi

Japan

0.50

2.10

8

Hinoki

Chamaecyparis obtusa

Japan

0.51

1.08

9

Sugi

Cryptomeria japonica

Japan

0.46

3.32

10

Ezomatsu

Picea jezoensis

Japan

0.43

0.80

11

Todomatsu

Abies sachalinensis

Japan

0.49

4.18

12

Mizuki

Cornus controversa

Japan

0.61

3.43

13

Yakusugi

Cryptomeria japonica

Japan

0.40

0.39

14

Aomori hiba

Thujopsis dolabrata

Japan

0.50

0.71

15

Himekomatsu

Pinus parviflora

Japan

0.39

2.72

16

Noto hiba

Thujopsis dolabrata

Japan

0.45

3.27

17

Agathis

Agathis sp.

Southeast Asia

0.47

1.81

18

Western redceder

Thuja plicata

North America

0.35

1.21

19

Douglas fir

Pseudotsuga menziesii

North America

0.57

0.50

20

Taiwan cypress

Chamaecyparis taiwanensis

Taiwan

0.54

1.02

21

Spruce

Picea sitchensis

North America

0.51

0.58

22

Southern yellow pine

Pinus sp.

North America

0.60

4.65

23

Western hemlock

Tsuga heterophylla

North America

0.47

0.42

24

Merkus pine

Pinus merkusii

Laos

0.75

3.33

25

Hard cypress

Callitris columellaris

Australia

0.69

0.56

26

Yellow cedar

Chamaecyparis nootkatensis

North America

0.45

0.95

27

Sequoia

Sequoia sempervirens

California

0.44

4.42

28

Sosna

Pinus sylvestris

Europe

0.49

1.32

29

Korean pine

Pinus koraiensis

Russia

0.44

2.22

30

Fujian cypress

Fokienia hodginsii

Laos

0.54

0.62

31

Broadleaf trees

Udaikanmba

Betula maximowicziana

Japan

0.78

0.75

− 0.657**

32

Katsura

Cercidiphyllum japonicum

Japan

0.46

3.82

33

Kiri

Paulownia tomentosa

Japan

0.27

7.11

34

Sen

Kalopanax pictus

Japan

0.65

1.63

35

Buna

Fagus crenata

Japan

0.74

2.42

36

Doronoki

Populus maximowiczii

Japan

0.42

9.66

37

Shirakaba

Betula platyphylla

Japan

0.56

1.73

38

Shirakashi

Quercus myrsinaefolia

Japan

0.92

2.98

39

Yachidamo

Fraxinus mandshurica

Japan

0.64

1.70

40

Kuri

Castanea crenata

Japan

0.60

2.29

41

Hoonoki

Magnolia obovate

Japan

0.51

1.89

42

Keyaki

Zelkova serrata

Japan

0.55

1.64

43

Onigurumi

Juglans mandshurica

Japan

0.44

1.72

44

Kusunoki

Cinnamomum camphora

Japan

0.52

4.30

45

Popura

Populus nigra

Japan

0.41

4.68

46

Balsa

Ochroma lagopus

Latin America

0.14

11.68

47

White ash

Fraxinus americana

North America

0.77

1.84

48

Teak

Tectona grandis

Myanmar

0.72

1.35

49

Aspen

Populus tremuloides

North America

0.46

4.51

50

Alder

Alnus rubra

North America

0.52

4.68

51

White oak

Quercus alba

North America

0.73

1.30

52

Jelutong

Dyera costulata

Southeast Asia

0.44

1.65

53

Hard maple

Acer saccharum

North America

0.77

3.41

54

Assamela

Pericopsis elata

Africa

0.71

3.83

55

Soft maple

Acer rubrum

China

0.48

2.33

56

Hackberry

Celtis Occidentalis

North America

0.64

2.40

57

Surian

Toona sureni

Southeast Asia

0.35

5.24

58

Coffee tree

Coffea arabica

North America

0.69

3.07

59

Mersawa

Anisoptera sp.

Southeast Asia

0.60

2.67

60

Black cherry

Prunus serotina

North America

0.75

3.48

Correlation coefficient between density and AARW in all trees

−  0.376**

 
  1. AARW average of annual ring width
  2. A comment on Tree name * “Ichou” is not a conifer, but is listed here for convenience
  3. Significance test results of correlation coefficient **p < 0.01