100 m

Development of the Production Forest

Kuusamon kaupunki

Development of the production forest in Kuusamo:

  • open area approximately 1 %
  • recently planted forest 25 %
  • young forest 32 %
  • grown up forest 12 %
  • forest fit for logging 30 %

How the age of the tree is counted?

The light spring wood and the dark summer wood form the annual ring together. The age of the conifer trees can also be found out by counting the branch whorls.

Layers of the conifer trees from inside to outwards:

  • cambium
  • phloem
  • bark