Paulownia Trees Planted Around The World

Paulownia trees are planted in over 60 countries.

History of Introduction Paulownia Trees and International Spread
In the past, P. tomentosa has been introduced as an ornamental in many European countries and in the USA. It was brought to Europe in the 1830s by the Dutch East India Company, and taken to North America a few years later, and has been naturalized in the eastern USA and is also grown on the west coast.

Details of Where Paulownia Are Planted CABI link: https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.39100

You must know that there are 17 different species of paulownia.
Everyone reading this post must do their homework. There are 17 different species of paulownia trees (depending on taxonomic authority) in the family Paulowniaceae.

TYPES OF PAULOWNIA TREES
Six to 17 species, including: Paulownia catalpifolia Paulownia elongata Paulownia fargesii Paulownia fortunei Paulownia kawakamii Paulownia taiwaniana Paulownia tomentosa

Tested and confirmed species:[13]
Paulownia kawakamii
Paulownia tomentosa
Paulownia catalpifolia
Paulownia x taiwaniana
Paulownia elongata
Paulownia fargesii
Paulownia fortunei — dragon tree.[25]
Potential variety, hybrid, and synonym species:
Paulownia glabrata
Paulownia grandifolia
Paulownia imperialis
Paulownia australis
Paulownia lilacina
Paulownia longifolia
Paulownia meridionalis
Paulownia mikado
Paulownia recurva
Paulownia rehderiana
Paulownia shensiensis
Paulownia silvestrii
Paulownia thyrsoidea
Paulownia duclouxii
Paulownia viscosa

Prepared by CABI of Wellington, UK for the purpose of identification of the Paulownia Elongata species for use in United Nation countries for Carbon Credit plantations. This document accepts the Paulownia Elongata as a non-invasive species in all United Nation Countries.

It says in that document “Paulownia is categorized as an invasive exotic”.
Yes it dos say that.

BUT IT ALSO SAYS:
Paulownia is categorized as an invasive exotic. Although there is little doubt that it is an exotic, the question of its invasiveness is open to conjecture. The many small seeds of Paulownia are windblown. However, the seeds do not germinate and survive unless the seed falls on sterile soil. New germinates of Paulownia have a high rate of mortality from damping-off disease caused by a variety of soil fungi. Generally, Paulownia does not colonize open areas unless sterile soil is present, as in construction activities, recent burned areas and road cuts. Rarely does Paulownia colonize fields, because of the ever-present fungi.

Only one, the tomentosa, is listed as invasive in some areas. This single species has painted the entirety of the genus into the corner of being labeled as invasive and gets all the attention, while the other species are assumed to have the same traits. This is an incorrect assumption that requires further exploration.

The species as a whole should not be labeled as invasive. The seeds are extremely difficult to germinate and the trees actually have a low survival rate in the wild compared to native trees.
Paulownia offer many ecosystem benefits including carbon drawdown, soil restoration, pollination services, and shade for companion crops not found in other trees. All together, these characteristics make the paulownia an ideal tree to grow for both economic and environmental reasons.
Most of the information found on the internet does not differentiate between the 17 different species within the genus Paulownia, but only one, the tomentosa, is invasive in some areas of the world.

Do Your Paulownia RESEARCH:
Plenty of research is available… perhaps start here: https://extension.tennessee.edu/publications/documents/pb1465.pdf
https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.39100

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How strong is Paulownia hardwood lumber really?

Paulownia wood is considered to be the aluminum of wood… light but strong!

These values are strength and stiffness in bending… so if you are going to compare them, compare them to other values derived from bending. In the wood industry they refer to these as “modulus of elasticity” (bending stiffness) and “modulus of rupture” (bending strength).
As it is extremely resistant (against breakage, compression, high temperatures),

Paulownia wood is often used in major as well as finishing works, such as for housing framework, plywood, etc.

PAULOWNIA WOOD

Paulownia Wood is the Less Expensive, Stronger lightweight Alternative Wood. Paulownia wood advance material composite applications far exceeds balsa in the categories of strength and weight.

Balsa has been incorrectly considered to have the highest strength to weight ratios of any wood in the world. Paulownia has been thoroughly tested and found to have a higher strength to weight ratio than Balsa! Auburn University tested the strength of 18 lb p/cubic ft. Paulownia against Balsa, with an average weight of 10 lbs p/cubic foot.

Paulownia timber is light and in extremely strong, that makes it preferable, when this correlation is important. The timber of P. elongata and P. fortunei is half the weight of oak and lighter than coniferous species timber. The high ratio of strength/weight makes the Paulownia timber irreplaceable in shipbuilding and aviation. Excellent characteristics for many types of wood products — light-colored and mostly knot-free, strong and even-grained, density between that of balsa and poplar (15 to 19 pounds per cubic ft.), which is about half the density (weight) of pine, insect and fire resistant – it possesses unlimited applications.

The low weight is the main advantage of the Paulownia timber. The correlation strength-weight (main quality coefficient) in comparison with other timber species is high, which makes the Paulownia suitable for some applications that require soft but relatively strong wood. Coefficient of deformation is lower than the most commonly used timber. It does not warp, crack or deform during drying and objects made from paulownia retain their original form.
The timber is water-resistant, it is exceptionally stable, withstands warping, breakages, deformations and easily allows all types of treatment.

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Carbon Developers Choose Paulownia Trees


Why choose paulownia trees for your next carbon development project?

The paulownia tree is a nature based carbon sequestration solution. It can capture and store up to 35kg of CO2 greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere every year. This equals up to 40 tons per hectare per year! Which is 4 times the capacity of a mixed coniferous forest. The large leaves which are inherit to the species help it with this task. The CO2 is stored in the wood post harvest and wood processed into high value lumber materials. Paulownia is making a sustainable contribution to climate protection around the world.

The world has a long road ahead to meet its climate goals, new tree forest and the forest carbon credits market is just one of many important solutions.

Carbon credits put a price on carbon to incentivize investments and innovations in technology and behavior that helps us reduce our global emissions.

Forests are being used to reduce net global emissions, which also reflect the types of projects that provide forest carbon credits.

Almost 25% of global carbon dioxide emissions are now covered by pricing mechanisms, with a market value of more than USD 80 billion in 2021. Forestry is one of the most popular and fastest-growing sources of carbon credits.

Forest carbon credits is growing at 20% p.a., driven by independent supply from mainly emerging regions, and compliance demand concentrated in North America, Europe and Oceania.

It’s clear that the world can only meet its climate goals through a combination of emissions reduction and removal solutions, and this is where forest will play a critical role.


DEMAND
About 20% of forest carbon credit demand comes from the voluntary market – organizations and individuals that buy credits to offset their emissions, for example to achieve a net-zero pledge. And the remaining 80%, the demand from compliance markets, represents purchases from parties that have a legal obligation to reduce their emissions – in many cases, companies, such as those in heavy manufacturing or energy production.

While governments play a role in creating compliance markets, for example by setting emissions quotas and establishing emissions trading schemes, government represents a relatively small part of actual purchases of forest carbon credits.

Afforestation and reforestation (A/R): Here the approach is to establish forests on land with relatively low carbon stock, ecological and economic value (e.g., scrubland). Often, it is land that was previously forested but was cleared by human activity.

Creating new forests and avoiding deforestation is a low-tech and cost-effective way to tackle climate change. New forest and old growth forest trees offer many co-benefits to carbon sequestration, including increased biodiversity and erosion control.

Afforestation/reforestation projects can simultaneously earn carbon credits and be managed for the production of timber. Second, established plantations can earn carbon credits if they are managed in a way that increases carbon sinks, for example, by improving growth, reducing damage, or reducing harvest.

Commercial forest production is a significant carbon sink and offers other economic and climate benefits. These benefits are larger when considering the products that substitute less climate-friendly alternatives.

Paulownia Forests Project Commercial Viability

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Paulownia Trees Capture & Stores Tons of CO₂

The paulownia tree is a nature based carbon sequestration solution. It can capture and store up to 35kg of CO2 greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere every year. This equals up to 40 tons per hectare per year! Which is 4 times the capacity of mixed coniferous forest. This is mainly due to the large leaves which are inherit to the species. The CO2 is stored in the wood post harvest and wood processed into high value lumber materials. Paulownia is making a sustainable contribution to climate protection around the world.

  • Carbon Project Opportunity Evaluation
  • Carbon Offset Data management system
  • Value Confirmation
  • Supply Development
  • Carbon Offset Modeling
  • Project Design and Documentation
  • Third Party Verification Planning
  • Project Registration
  • Project Execution
  • Project Planting
  • Ongoing Carbon Project Support

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Where to buy paulownia? We’re providing new paulownia trees from our U.S. South Carolina Paulownia tree farm facility.

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Question we were asked about paulownia recently:

“Hello any idea if Paulownia wood can be used for boat building, It can be used for paddleboards so we were wondering?” Was the question…

My answer – YES!

Fact is, anything that floats and carries a human is what paulownia has been and is currently used for today!

Thanks to its limited absorption of moisture and its resistance to atmospheric agents, Paulownia wood is used in the production of:

  • surfboards
  • skis
  • snowboards
  • saunas
  • shipbuilding
  • (sailing boats)
  • paddle boards
  • kayaks

The problem has been with finding the paulownia lumber wood material to use in the United States.

Paulownia Wood Boat Building

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