One day I was wondering about how much biomass my property produced and needed to be managed.
May it be useful for some permaculture designs to have an estimate of carbon sequestration by trees and shrubs?
While looking around university sources a (non english) document presented an interesting table for some climate zones (non USDA).
Find attached a table with the best approximations to USDA climate zones I could find.
This table was produced for urban/suburban contexts.
1,0 KgCO2/m2y = It can absorb 1 Kg of CO2 in 1 m2 of leaves each year.
1 WUE = Very Low Water Use Efficience
5 WUE = Very High Water Use Efficience
Example: Salix alba (White Willow)
Zone | KgCO2/m2y | WUE |
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7 | 4.47 | 2 |
8 | 4.50 | 2 |
9 | 5.54 | 2 |
10 | 3.76 | 2 |
Please, contrast with other methods or approaches.