ABSTRACT
MSR lumber from Chinese fir plantation may offer a higher value alternative to the production of visually graded lumber.
1 INTRODUCTION
Facing future development of timber structures in China, Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) wood from plantation forestry will be one of most potential lumber source because it is one of the major and commercially available plantation species with large scale area, great stock volume and high growth maturity degree (Zhou, 2006). From the investigation by Wu (1955, 1984) and the statistical information from State Forestry Administration (SFA, 2005), the main distribution areas and stock volumes of Chinese fir plantation were determined , four major regions being Anhui province, Sichun province, Hunan province and Fujian province.
