Physical Properties of Domestic Quercus variabilis and Quercus serrata - Comparison of Green Specific Gravities and Fiber Lengths

국산 굴참나무와 졸참나무의 물리적 성질 - 생재비중 및 섬유장 비교

Domestic oak trees of Quercus variabilis and Quercus serrata were harvested from several forest sites and their green moisture contents, green specific gravities and fiber lengths were compared. The green specific gravities of Quercus serrata trees showed differences between the forest sites at 5% significance level while those of Quercus variabilis didn't. In the radial direction the green specific gravities of Quercus variabilis gradually increased from pith to bark. There was no discrepancy of the green specific gravities between the sapwood and heartwood of Quercus variabilis. And no difference of fiber length was found between individual trees and tree heights for both species.