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Plantation forestry - Argentina
Authors: Paul BradburyPublication: New Zealand Journal of Forestry, Volume N.Z.J.For. 2010, Issue N.Z.J.For. 55(1) 2010, pp 10, May 2010
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry
Abstract: In October, 2009, I took the opportunity to visit a number of commercial plantations and nurseries in the Corrientes and Misiones regions of Argentina. With around 400,000 hectares of trees, these areas contain the bulk of Argentina’s plantation forest estate. The main pine species are Pinus taeda, P. elliottii, P. caribaea and P. caribaea x P. elliottii. Growth rates are phenomenal with mean diameters of over 31cm at age 13 and 18-22 year rotations being the norm. High pruned Eucalyptus grandis and E. dunnii also account for a significant area, these too have eye-watering growth rates allowing for 18-year rotations, supplying local ply-wood factories or shipped further afield as poles.