Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in the UK: carbon storage potential and growth rates.
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Date published
March 2024
Abstract
Giant sequoias ( ) are some of the UK’s largest trees, despite only being introduced in the mid-nineteenth century. There are an estimated half a million giant sequoias and closely related coastal redwoods ( ) in the UK. Given the recent interest in planting more trees, partly due to their carbon sequestration potential and also their undoubted public appeal, an understanding of their growth capability is important. However, little is known about their growth and carbon uptake under UK conditions. Here, we focus on . and use three-dimensional terrestrial laser scanning to perform detailed structural measurements of 97 individuals at three sites covering a range of different conditions, to estimate aboveground biomass (AGB) and annual biomass accumulation rates. We show that UK-grown can sequester carbon at a rate of 85 kg yr , varying with climate, management and age. We develop new UK-specific allometric models for that fit the observed AGB with > 0.93 and bias < 2% and can be used to estimate biomass more generally. This study provides the first estimate of the growth and carbon sequestration of UK open-grown and provides a baseline for estimating their longer-term carbon sequestration capacity.
Journal title
Royal Society Open Science
Volume
11
Article number
230603
Publisher
The Royal Society
Place of publication
London, UK
eISSN
2054-5703
Date accepted
February 13, 2024
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IF = 3.66 (2023)