Sequoiadendron giganteum / Aboveground biomass

Giant sequoia total aboveground biomass from DBH and height (Table 4)

Aboveground biomassSequoiadendron giganteum · CupressaceaeUnited StatesmixedRead from the original paper

Equation

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

Giant sequoia a, b, c, d, CF: −3.8735 2.1251 0.601 CF 1.0356; model form exp(a + bX1 + cX2)

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

Aboveground biomass = 1.0356 * exp(-3.8735 + 2.1251 * ln(D) + 0.601 * 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

Poudel, K. P., Temesgen, H., Radtke, P. J., & Gray, A. N. (2019). Estimating individual-tree aboveground biomass of tree species in the western U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 49(6), 701-714.

doi:10.1139/cjfr-2018-0361 · Open access · copy we read

Giant sequoia ... n 43

Trees measured · Table 1

Giant sequoia DBH min 15.9 max 850.7; HT min 8.3 max 96.3

Smallest DBH · Table 1

Trees measured: 43
DBH range: 15.9–850.7 cm
Height range: 8.3–96.3 m
Correction factor: 1.0356 (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

DBH (cm)Height (m)

Height from

63.8

Aboveground biomass (kg)

Carbon (kg), ×0.47

110

CO₂e (kg), ×44/12

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%.

Inputs	Expected	We get	From
D = 20, H = 15	63.8	63.8	Computed from the printed form computed from the Table 4 coefficients
D = 40, H = 25	378	378	Computed from the printed form computed from the Table 4 coefficients

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