Resource potential and properties of cellulose obtained from tree willow wood

• Published in: IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 876; no. 1; pp. 12058 - 12064
• Main Authors: Paramonov, A A, Sevastyanova, J V, Tretyakov, S V, Koptev, S V, Dryakhlitsyn, A A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.10.2021
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Cellulose; Logging; Plant species; Plantations; Species diversity; Taiga; Willow; Willow trees; Wood; Russia
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/876/1/012058
• ISSN: 1755-1307

Willow trees occupy an important place in the dendroflora of the middle zone of the European part of Russia due to their extensive species diversity and large intrapopulation variability. In the Arkhangelsk Region and other regions in the North-East of Russia, abandoned agricultural land (post-agrogenic land) can serve as places for the creation of willow plantations. Currently, such lands are actively overgrown with various tree species, usually of low quality and not of significant commercial interest. The creation of plantations will allows by a short logging turnover to obtain stable wood yields and organize a highly profitable economy on unused land. There is no any information on the willow cultivation in Russia. Willows of the Salix genus grow everywhere and there are more than 130 species. About 30 of these species are found in the Arkhangelsk region. Based on the data of the State forest register of the North Taiga forest region, the tree willow occupies an area of 5.3 thousand hectares. Land with strong moisture is widespread in the Arkhangelsk region. Willow grows well in these areas. Due to this, as well as the good strength of the pulpwillow wood can be widely used in pulp and paper production.