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Characteristics of growth features of forests districts located in the Sudetes Mts in 2022
| Forest district | Area (ha) | Average age of stands | Merchantable volume (thousand m3) | The average stand volume (m3/ha) | The average of volume increment (m3/ha/year) | The share area of spruce (%) |
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| Bardo Śląskie | 12,158 | 77 | 3,676 | 302 | 8.6 | 28.6 |
| Bystrzyca Kłodzka | 12,260 | 81 | 4,913 | 401 | 10.6 | 79.8 |
| Zdroje | 9,604 | 83 | 4,974 | 414 | 10.8 | 74.0 |
| Jugów | 9,096 | 69 | 2,973 | 327 | 10.0 | 56.0 |
| Kamienna Góra | 15,364 | 72 | 6,040 | 393 | 10.9 | 80.5 |
| Międzylesie | 9,788 | 81 | 3,675 | 375 | 10.0 | 77.2 |
| Lądek Zdrój | 15,767 | 83 | 6,100 | 387 | 9.8 | 82.4 |
| Szklarska Poręba | 13,506 | 72 | 5,118 | 379 | 12.1 | 84.6 |
| Śnieżka | 12,372 | 75 | 4,667 | 377 | 10.6 | 69.6 |
| Świdnica | 15,541 | 82 | 5,275 | 339 | 8.5 | 27.7 |
| Świeradów | 14,528 | 62 | 4,585 | 316 | 11.8 | 59.8 |
| Wałbrzych | 14,878 | 79 | 5,219 | 351 | 9.2 | 60.2 |
| Average/total | 154,862 | 76 | 57,215 | 363 | 10.2 | 65.0 |
Geographical localisations and altitude above see level of the meteorological stations applied in the study
| Meteorological station | Zgorzelec/Görlitz | Jelenia Góra | Karpacz | Szczawno Zdrój | Kłodzko | Duszniki/Słoszów | Lądek-Zdrój |
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| Altitude m a.s.l. | 203 m | 342 m | 605 m | 430 m | 360 m | 555 m | 461 m |
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Area, share and volume of deadwood of major tree species in the Sudetes forests in the period 2011–2022
| Tree species | Area (ha) | Areal share (%) | Volume of deadwood (thousand m3) | Share (%) of deadwood |
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| Norway spruce | 100,392 | 66.0 | 2591.2 | 94.03 |
| Scots pine | 4,680 | 3.1 | 28.3 | 1.03 |
| Larch sp. | 6,300 | 4.1 | 27.0 | 0.98 |
| Fir | 776 | 0.5 | 15.5 | 0.56 |
| Oak sp. | 8,554 | 5.6 | 14.1 | 0.51 |
| European beech | 21,634 | 14.2 | 1.6 | 0.06 |
| Alder | 4,114 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.08 |
| Sycamore | 1,913 | 1.3 | 17.2 | 0.62 |
| Other species | 6,499 | 2.5 | 58.8 | 2.13 |
| Total | 154,862 | 100 | 2755.8 | 100. |