Table 1 Management strategies, current applications of poplar from short rotation forestry system (SRF), and short rotation coppice system (SRC)

Management strategies

 Tree density (stand/ha)

≥1500 [12]

500–1500 [11, 12]

 Plantation rotation (years)

2–5 [15]

8–20 [11, 13]

 Productivity (odt^d/ha year)

Up to 25 [10]^a

6.1–16.3 [14]^b

 Harvest biomass (%)

~100

30 [16]

Applications

Heat and power

Pulpwood, sawlog, and lumber

Price ($/odt)

N/A^c

50–120 [17]