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Table 8 Potential mean annual biomass increment (MAI), land expectation value (LEV), internal rate of return (IRR), and profitability threshold (minimum volume inside bark to yield LEV ≥ 0) for target woody crops in the eastern United States

From: A spatially explicit approach to modeling biological productivity and economic attractiveness of short-rotation woody crops in the eastern USA

Species

MAI range (Mg ha−1 year−1)

LEV range (US$ ha−1)

IRR range (%)

Profitability threshold

(m3 ha−1 year−1)

(Mg ha−1 year−1)

Pinus taeda, upland

5.4 to 18.6

− 1126 to 3112

− 0.3 to 14.2

18

9

Pinus taeda, lowland

6 to 20.4

− 2263 to 2342

−2.9 to 10.4

24

12

Eucalyptus grandis

9 to 59.5

− 1264 to 1710

− 9.7 to 16.9

30

15

Eucalyptus benthamii

1.8 to 41.8

− 2707 to 1532

−2.6 to 15.9

31

17

Hybrid poplar

3.6 to 28.7

− 1915 to 3862

− 13.9 to 11.4

31

11

Populus deltoides

1.1 to 26.7

− 3487 to 3845

−24.2 to 14.6

30

11