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Values for FSP taken from Kollman and Côté

Conifers

Heartwood Indistinct

  • fir and spruce
    • sapwood and heartwood 30-34%
Heartwood Distinct
  • pine, white pine, and larch
    • sapwood 30-34%
  • pine, larch, and Douglas fir
    • heartwood 26-30%
  • other species (high resin content)
    • heartwood 22-24%

Broad Leaved

Heartwood Indistinct

  • lime-tree, willow, popular, alder,  birch, beech, and hornbeam
    • sapwood and heartwood 32-35%
Heartwood Distinct
  • black locust, chestnut, oak,   black walnut, and cherry (ring-porus and semi-ring-porus species)
    • sapwood 32-35%
    • heartwood 22-24%

* "Principles of Wood Science and Technology," Franz F. P. Kollmann and Wilfred A. Côté, Jr., (Berlin - Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1968), pp.199-200.