The stand contained 98 square feet of basal area and 344 trees two inches and larger in DBH per acre. There were 5240 board feet Doyle scale per acre in trees 10 inches and larger. Approximately 80 percent of the stand volume was oak. Table 5 gives the total top weight by DBH class for white ash, beech, sugar maple, and combined hardwoods sampled from 23 locations in New York state. Sawlogs to a 12 inch top were removed.
White ash has a lower top weight than either beech or sugar maple.
The top weight for beech trees to a 16 inch DBH was less than that of sugar maple. When the New York data is plotted the curves are much flatter than comparable data for Indiana and the Appalachian Mountains. Table 6 gives the top weights for all branches and branches equal to or greater than two inches in diameter for yellow poplar from North Carolina. Sawlogs to a 9.5 inch diameter inside bark on the small end were removed. The top weights increased from 366 pounds for a 16 inch DBH tree to 1338 pounds for a 28 inch DBH tree.