Quality assessment of old-growth Scots pine stands in Poland

In this paper an overview is presented of the standing trees (stands) of Scots pine quality assessment in Poland as carried out in the state owned forest (80 % of Poland total wood resources). Because of the growing age of pine stands in Poland and the resulting hazard of timber quality deterioration, there is urgent need to implement non-destructive techniques for testing of wood in stabding trees; some aspects of field and laboratory investigations of the in living trees with use of ARBOTOM device are presented