Tree Allometrics

Sequoia sempervirens / Aboveground biomass

Redwood total aboveground biomass from DBH and height (Table 4)

Aboveground biomassSequoia sempervirens · CupressaceaeUnited StatesmixedRead from the original paper
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Equation

As printed (Table 4, species row and table note)

Redwood a, b, c, d, CF: −3.0491 1.9407 0.6876 CF 1.0205; model form exp(a + bX1 + cX2)

In this library's units, ready to compute (kg)

Aboveground biomass = 1.0205 * exp(-3.0491 + 1.9407 * ln(D) + 0.6876 * ln(H))
D
Diameter at breast height (1.3 m), cm
H
Total tree height, m

AGB is total aboveground live-tree biomass (stem, bark, branches, foliage). X1 = ln(DBH), X2 = ln(HT), DBH in cm and HT in m. Species identified from the common name in Table 4 (scientific name added from the standard species symbol). Stand type is not stated. Observed ranges in Table 1 cover all trees of the species used.

Source
Redwood ... n 141
Trees measured · Table 1
Redwood DBH min 8.3 max 681.0; HT min 9.4 max 115.6
Smallest DBH · Table 1
Trees measured
141
DBH range
8.3–681 cm
Height range
9.4–115.6 m
Correction factor
1.0205 (applied)
Method
regression on ln(AGB) with Baskerville log-bias correction factor
Where
Western U.S.A., legacy destructive-sampling biomass collection (Radtke et al. 2015)
Last checked
2026-11-02
Calculate
Height from
104
Aboveground biomass (kg)
49
Carbon (kg), ×0.47
180
CO₂e (kg), ×44/12
Fitted DBH range0100200300400500510152025303540DBH (cm)Aboveground biomass (kg)Aboveground biomass

Shaded: the DBH range the model was fitted on. Other inputs held at the values above.

Checks this equation passes

On every build, the library's form and the paper's own form (in its units) must both give these values within 1%.

InputsExpectedWe getFrom
D = 20, H = 15104104Computed from the printed form
computed from the Table 4 coefficients
D = 40, H = 25569569Computed from the printed form
computed from the Table 4 coefficients

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