Cavitating the conifers of the world


Cavitation resistance of conifer trees (project in collaboration with KEW garden in London)

We have measured 110 species to date.

Taxonomic diversity of conifers and species measured for cavitation resistance.

GeneraSpeciesSampled speciesSpecies leftSampled genera
Araucariaceae3413382
Cephalotaxaceae111381
Cupressaceae30133419222
Phyllocladaceae14131
Pinaceae11228381908
Podocarpaceae18186151717
Sciadopityaceae11101
Taxaceae5236172
Totals7062710851944

Sylvain Delzon

P50 values of conifer species

(world record: Callitris collumellaris, P50=-16 MPa…)

graph P50

List of studied species

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