Table 3

Characteristics of the land management systems

Species

System

Main product

Rotation (years)

Norway spruce (Picea abies) *SI high = 36, medium = 32, low = 28

Picea timber forestry

Timber (pre-commercial thinning: 0% sawn wood, 80% pulp, 20% energy; commercial thinning: 30% sawn wood, 50% pulp, 20% energy; final harvest: 80% sawn wood, 16% pulp, 4% energy; 80% of sawn wood and pulp recycled for energy)

100

Picea energy forestry

100% of extracted wood for energy

60

Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) *SI high = 36, medium = 32, low = 28

Fagus timber forestry

Timber (pre-commercial thinning: 0% sawn wood, 50% pulp, 50% energy; commercial thinning: 10% sawn wood, 30% pulp, 60% energy; final harvest: 55% sawn wood, 15% pulp, 30% energy; 80% of sawn wood and pulp recycled for energy)

150

Fagus conservation forestry

None (C removal and storage)

none

Wheat (Triticum)

Triticum cropland, food

Food grains, straw remains on site; grain:straw ratio = 1:1

1

Triticum cropland, food + straw energy

Food grains, straw for energy grain:straw ratio = 1:1

1

Triticum set-aside, energy

Whole plant for energy

1

Poplar (Populus spec.)

Populus set-aside, energy

100% of extracted wood for energy

3 × 5

Oak (Quercus spec.)

Quercus afforestation of set-aside cropland

Timber (thinnings: 0% sawn wood, 80% pulp, 20% energy; final harvest: 60% sawn wood, 40% pulp, 0% energy; 80% of sawn wood and pulp recycled for energy)

200

* Forest growth site index (average height at age 100 in m)

Böttcher et al. Carbon Balance and Management 2012 7:5   doi:10.1186/1750-0680-7-5