Host: The Japanese Forestry Society
Stem inclination was measured among sugi varieties with different resistances to stem butt crookedness, to investigate the process of stem deformation between leaning by snow and standing up after snow thawing. Stem inclination was different among the varieties, but no significant correlations were found between the growth and it. The varieties, which were much stem-crooked, were much stem-inclined. Variation of the inclination in the process between leaning and standing up was also different among the varieties. These results suggested that the difference among the varieties reflected strength of stem and bearing capacity by root.
