Study of the structure of the tree root system using 3D scanning
https://doi.org/10.21266/2079-4304.2025.255.23-36
Abstract
The article presents the results of a study of the Picea abies root system in the middle taiga region using 3D scanning. A single 34-year-old tree 17 m high was selected for the study. The root system was exhumed as a 4×4 m square with a rootstock in the center. For 3D scanning, 360° digitalization was performed on three sides of the root system using an Artec Evo handheld 3D scanner. As a result of scanning, a 3D model of the root system was reconstructed with 251 individual roots with a diameter of 0,5 cm or Analysis of the 3D model showed that the total length of the root system was 18,408 cm, and the average length of one root was 74.5 cm. The root diameters varied from 0.5 to 18 cm, but 1–3 cm predominated. The morphometric structure of the root system included four main large roots with diameters of 14–22 cm, originating from the tree trunk and directed perpendicular to each other, to which the roots of the conditional 2nd and 3rd orders were adjacent. In the diagonal direction, areas of increased growth of roots of different orders were distinguished. In general, the obtained results correspond to the ideas about the root architectonics of this tree species.
About the Authors
A. V. Kabonen
Petrozavodsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Kabonen Aleksey V. – PhD (Agricultural), Director of the Center for Digital Monitoring of Northern and Arctic Ecosystems
185910, Lenin av. 33. Petrozavodsk
P. A. Ryazantsev
Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ryazantsev Pavel A. – PhD (Geology and Mineralogy), Senior Researcher, Department of Complex Scientific Research
185000, Pushkinskaya str. 11. Petrozavodsk
Yu. V. Sukhanov
Petrozavodsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sukhanov Yuri V. – PhD (Technical), Associate Professor of the Department of Forest Technology and Landscape Architecture
185910, Lenin av. 29. Petrozavodsk
AuthorID: 640407
D. A. Kuvshinov
Petrozavodsk State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Kuvshinov Dmitriy A. – PhD (Technical), Associate Professor of the Department of Technology and Organization of Construction
185910, Lenin av. 33. Petrozavodsk
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Kabonen A.V., Ryazantsev P.A., Sukhanov Yu.V., Kuvshinov D.A. Study of the structure of the tree root system using 3D scanning. Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoj lesotehniceskoj akademii. 2025;(255):23-36. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21266/2079-4304.2025.255.23-36
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