The Diversity of Use of Poplar Wood

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There is a trend to increase the area of aspen plantations in Russia. According to official data there are about 24–25 mln hectares with stockpiles about 3715 mln m3. There are also plantations of other poplar species. It is about 962 thousands hectares with 144 mln m3 of stockpiles. However, this valuable resource remains in little demand in our country due to the depletion of healthy aspen forests and undeveloped infrastructure of processing and use of poplar wood. Analysis of the use of poplar wood resources in the past and consideration of the trends of increasing their consumption in current conditions exemplified by local and foreign experience are the main purposes of the present study. The literature search and the authors own observations allowed to conclude that in the past (18th – 20th century) in our country aspen wood was used mostly for domestic purposes. Slowly it had being implemented in industrial production such as: construction; production of wood articles, packaging, matches, plywood, cardboard and paper; chemical processing; charcoal burning, fuel, branch feed, etc. In the second half of the 20th century and in the beginning of the 21st century, the use of aspen and poplar wood has been increased dramatically around the whole world. This is due to the increasing of its use for traditional purposes and creation new matetials with the use of new technologies. It is possible to identify the most common options of poplar and aspen wood applications. There are logs and other natural wood materials; composites and panel: veneer and plywood, fibreboard, particleboard, oriented strand board (OSB), wood-cement composites, wood-plastic composites; glued structural products: laminated strand lumber (LSL), parallel strand lumber (PSL), laminated veneer lumber (LVL), integrated joists (I-joists); pulp and paper; the use of biomass energy; etc. A brief characteristic of these materials is given in the paper. It is advisable to use aspen and poplar wood resources more careful and efficient due to the existing experience of new technologies application and huge reserves of these resources in Russia.

Authors

A.P. Tsarev, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor

Affiliation

Research Institute of Forest Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, ul. Lomonosova, 105, Voronezh, 394087, Russian Federation; 
e-mail: antsa-55@yandex.ru

Keywords

wood, poplar, aspen, fibreboard, particleboard, oriented strand board, laminated strand lumber, parallel strand lumber, laminated veneer lumber, bioenergy

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Tsarev A.P. The Diversity of Use of Poplar Wood. Lesnoy Zhurnal [Forestry Journal], 2018, no. 5, pp. 48–64. DOI: 10.17238/issn0536-1036.2018.5.48

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Received on March 15, 2018