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TreeSource

What is TreeSource?

TreeSource is the National database on wood and trees quality in Canada. Developped by the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre, it aims to gather the largest possible amount of information on trees quality (dendrometry, physico-mechanical and chemical properties) for economically important species across Canada, for research purposes.

Data are accessible for the whole forest sector (governments, academia, industry).

With more than 650 000 trees, both coniferous and deciduous, over 1.4 millions dendrometrical measurements, and nearly 14 000> samples analyzed for physico-mechanical properties (wood density, MFA), TreeSource stands as the largest reference database on the topic. For more contents statistics, see below.

What can be found in it? Exclamation point

Men mesuring tree Forest mensuration
Growth rings of tree Growth rings
Erlenmeyer flask and beaker (glassware) Chemical properties
Conifer needles Phenology data
Conifer cones Seedlots
Boxes and tree slice Samples
Physico-mechanical property data
Microscope view of element Density & MFA
Microscope view of tree fibers Fibre length
Bending tool Static bending
Compression tool Static compression
Tree slide Compression wood
Spiral grain of wood Spiral grain
Pieces of plywood Plywood
 

Search & download tools


magnifying glass Data tables
Map Map of sites
Tree splitting Tree pedigree
Book Documentation & references

TreeSource in numbers

Data Amount Details
Trees 653 295 Note: trees of unknown species and names excluded.
Species 95 Picea glauca (42.3%), Picea mariana (17.4%), Picea abies (12.9%), Pinus strobus (10.1%), Picea rubens (7.9%), Picea x lutzii (1.1%), Abies balsamea (1.0%), Acer saccharum (1.0%), 87 other species (5.8%)
Types 2 regular trees (86.5%), clones (13.5%)
Regions 12 CA-QC (70.2%), CA-NB (15.3%), (TBD) (6.2%), CA-ON (3.3%), CA-NS (3.0%), CA-PE (1.2%), 6 other origins (0.7%). Note: trees of unknown origin excluded.
Dendrometry - trees 512 582 Picea glauca (43.3%), Picea mariana (18.6%), Picea abies (14.1%), Pinus strobus (11.8%), Picea rubens (6.1%), Picea x lutzii (1.3%), 77 other species (4.6%)
Dendrometry - measurements 1 458 219 1 361 267 (height), 392 454 (DBH), 1 127 (DSH), 9 125 (living crown height), 5 333 (crown diameter), 6566 (acoustic velocity). Years: 1965-2022 (58).
Physico-mechanical properties - samples 14 279 Picea glauca (64.2%), Picea mariana (14.5%), Picea abies (8.0%), Abies balsamea (2.1%), Picea mariana x Picea rubens (2.0%), Abies amabilis (1.6%), Tsuga heterophylla (1.5%), Picea rubens x Picea mariana (1.5%), Picea rubens (1.4%), Pinus banksiana (1.1%), 7 other species (2.0%)
Growth rings 320 104 Picea glauca (samples: 9163, total rings: 126662, avg rings 13.8, avg ring width: 3.704 mm, pct EW: 84.7), Picea mariana (samples: 2068, total rings: 89439, avg rings 43.2, avg ring width: 1.559 mm, pct EW: 76.6), Abies balsamea (samples: 300, total rings: 21484, avg rings 71.6, avg ring width: 1.055 mm, pct EW: 76.5), Picea abies (samples: 1138, total rings: 12640, avg rings 11.1, avg ring width: 5.140 mm, pct EW: 82.8), Pinus banksiana (samples: 154, total rings: 11063, avg rings 71.8, avg ring width: 1.092 mm, pct EW: 71.0), Abies amabilis (samples: 228, total rings: 9782, avg rings 42.9, avg ring width: 3.550 mm, pct EW: 84.4), Betula papyrifera (samples: 117, total rings: 9544, avg rings 81.6, avg ring width: 1.627 mm, pct EW: 82.3), Tsuga heterophylla (samples: 219, total rings: 9504, avg rings 43.4, avg ring width: 3.482 mm, pct EW: 88.7), Picea mariana x Picea rubens (samples: 291, total rings: 5571, avg rings 19.1, avg ring width: 3.438 mm, pct EW: 83.8), Picea rubens x Picea mariana (samples: 219, total rings: 4197, avg rings 19.2, avg ring width: 3.529 mm, pct EW: 84.3), Fagus grandifolia (samples: 34, total rings: 3797, avg rings 111.7, avg ring width: 1.611 mm, pct EW: 75.7), Fraxinus pennsylvanica (samples: 48, total rings: 3637, avg rings 75.8, avg ring width: 2.269 mm, pct EW: 31.3), Quercus rubra (samples: 35, total rings: 3629, avg rings 103.7, avg ring width: 2.203 mm, pct EW: 32.7), Picea rubens (samples: 200, total rings: 3571, avg rings 17.9, avg ring width: 3.321 mm, pct EW: 84.8), Acer rubrum (samples: 30, total rings: 3256, avg rings 108.5, avg ring width: 1.525 mm, pct EW: 81.8), Populus tremuloides (samples: 27, total rings: 1852, avg rings 68.6, avg ring width: 1.559 mm, pct EW: 76.6), Populus grandidentata (samples: 8, total rings: 476, avg rings 59.5, avg ring width: 1.756 mm, pct EW: 75.0)
Samples 125 588 Note: samples of unknown species excluded.
Species 2 582 Picea mariana (33.2%), Picea glauca (13.8%), Pinus banksiana (8.4%), Abies balsamea (8.0%), Populus tremuloides (4.9%), Betula papyrifera (4.5%), Abies amabilis (3.6%), Tsuga heterophylla (3.4%), Pinus contorta (2.4%), Pseudotsuga menziesii (2.3%), Picea engelmannii (1.4%), 2571 other species (9.0%)
Types 11 Carotte (61.9%), Bâtonnet (22.5%), Planche (4.5%), Placage (3.9%), Disque (2.8%), Éprouvette normalisée (1.8%), Lame (0.9%), Branche (0.6%), Rameau (0.6%), Bille (0.4%), Billon (0.2%)
Origin 6 (TBD) (57.2%), CA-QC (33.0%), CA-BC (7.7%), CA-NB (2.1%), CA-ON (0.1%), (unknown) (0.0%). Note: samples of unknown origin excluded.
Seedlots 2 751 Note: seedlots of unknown species excluded.
Species 5 Picea glauca (87.5%), Picea mariana (12.0%), 3 other species (0.6%)
Types 2 D (86.7%), P (13.3%)
Origin 20 CA-QC, CA (74.6%), CA-ON, CA (12.6%), CA-NB, CA (6.2%), CA-NS, CA (1.4%), CA-PE, CA (0.9%), CA-MB, CA (0.7%), 14 other origins (3.6%). Note: seedlots of unknown origin excluded.
Sites 12 295 Note: sites of unknown type excluded.
With tree measurements 4 796 (dendrometric or physico-mechanical measurements)
Types 4 Unknown (48.5%), Forêt naturelle (36.4%), Plantation (14.9%), Bâtiment (0.1%).
Regions 21 (TBD) (37.1%), CA-ON (27.0%), CA-QC (21.7%), CA-BC (3.7%), CA-NB (2.9%), CA-AB (2.7%), CA-MB (1.4%), CA-SK (1.0%), CA-NL (1.0%), 12 other regions (1.4%).
Bud growth phenology measurements 560 082
Trees 14 783
Species 1 Picea glauca (100.0%)
Created by the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre (CWFC) of the Canadian Forest Service (CFS).