The Fastest Fast Growing Trees

About Growth Rate “The designation slow means the plant grows 12” or less per year; medium refers to 13 to 24” of growth per year; and fast to 25” or greater.” Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, by Michael Dirr.

We found that average tree diameter growth rates were typically between 1 and 3 mm/yr and rapid tree diameter growth rates ranged between 1 and 5 mm/yr. For stems under 500 mm diameter at breast height, hard and red beech typically grew faster than black-mountain and silver beech.

Stacking time increases at a rate of 1.5 minutes per inch (2.5 cm) increase in tree diameter. The average growth rate is 0.50 inch (1.75 cm) per year.

New Zealand’s forestry industry is largely based around sustainably-managed plantation forests. About 90% of our plantation forests are radiata pine (Pinus radiata).

• Quaking Aspen.
• October Glory Red Maple.
• Arborvitae Green Giant.
• River Birch.
• Dawn Redwood.
• Leyland Cypress.
• Paper Birch.
• Pin Oak. A large shade tree that quickly reaches its 70 foot height with an average growth rate of 2.5 feet per year.

Annual growth rates of planted red beech usually range from 30 to 60 cm in height (though can be as high as a metre on good sites) and can be better than 1 cm in diameter. A survey of stands gave average heights of 16-17 metres 40 years after planting and 18-20 m at age 60.

Growth Rate. Beech trees grow extremely slowly. The U.S. Forest Service reports that seedlings planted in northern Pennsylvania took 10 years to get 2 feet high. Trees grown in the Great Lakes region required 20 years to grow 14 feet high, 40 years to grow 28 feet high and 80 years to reach 48 feet.

Tree cover loss data for New Zealand

Foresters wanting to plant woodlots of native trees for commercial production in New Zealand have been hampered by a lack of scientific information and a perception they are slow growing. Two Forest Research scientists working on indigenous forests part time are trying to put that right.

Growth Key 1 Fast: Has the potential to grow 24 inches or more annually. 2 Slow: Has an annual growth increment of 12 inches or less. 3 Medium: Between 12 and 24 inches of growth per year.

About Growth Rate. “The designation slow means the plant grows 12” or less per year; medium refers to 13 to 24” of growth per year; and fast to 25” or greater.” Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, by Michael Dirr.

Bergin and Gea (2007) indicate that planting native trees at 10,000 stems per ha (1 x 1 m) is likely to be in excess of $60,000 per ha. In contrast, lower stocking options such as trees planted at 4 m spacing (625 stems per ha) is estimated to cost $5500 per ha to establish.