There is a growing trend in the world of planting fast growing species (rotations 5 to 10 years). Their primary purpose is the production of wood fibers and biomass, but they certainly represent the potential in making solid wood products as well. One of the fast-growing species is Paulownia sp., a species of extremely fast growing wood. Plantation breeding of Paulownia sp. in Croatia is increasing, although there is a little knowledge about the technical properties of Paulownia wood and its end use is questionable. This paper presents preliminary results of some physical properties of juvenile wood of two Paulownia hybrids planted in the area near the town of Glina in the Republic of Croatia. One hybrid is 9501 ((Paulownia fortunei × Paulownia elongata) × (Paulownia fortunei × Paulownia tomentosa)) and the other hybrid is Shan Tong (Paulownia fortunei × Paulownia tomentosa). The aim of this study was to investigate physical properties of juvenile wood of two Paulownia hybrids from one site in Croatia, to determine differences in physical properties of wood between two hybrids and to evaluate the correlation between density and shrinkages of each hybrid. Significant differences in oven dry density, basic density and density at maximum MC, between the two hybrids were determined. There is no statistically significant difference in longitudinal, radial, tangential and volumetric shrinkages between the two hybrids.

U današnje je vrijeme zamjetan sve češći trend sadnje brzorastućih vrsta drveća (ophodnje od 5 do 10 godina). Te su vrste primarno namijenjene proizvodnji drvnih vlakana i biomase, ali svakako je vidljiv i njihov potencijal u proizvodima od cjelovitog drva. Jedna od brzorastućih vrsta je Paulownia sp., koju odlikuje izrazito brz rast. Iako se malo zna o tehničkim svojstvima drva paulovnije, a njegova je krajnja upotreba upitna, u Hrvatskoj je u porastu plantažni uzgoj paulovnije. U ovom su radu prikazani preliminarni rezultati istraživanja nekih fizičkih svojstava juvenilnog drva hibrida paulovnije s lokaliteta u blizini grada Gline u Hrvatskoj. Prvi je hibrid 9501 ((Paulownia fortunei × Paulownia elongata) × (Paulownia fortunei × Paulownia tomentosa)), a drugi Shan Tong (Paulownia fortunei × Paulownia tomentosa). Cilj rada bio je istražiti fizička svojstva juvenilnog drva hibrida paulovnije s lokaliteta u Hrvatskoj, utvrditi razlike u fizičkim svojstvima drva tih hibrida te odrediti međusobni odnos gustoće i utezanja unutar hibrida. Utvrđene su značajne razlike u gustoći drva u apsolutno suhom stanju, u nominalnoj gustoći i gustoći pri maksimalnom sadržaju vode između tih dvaju hibrida. Među hibridima nisu utvrđene statistički značajne razlike u longitudinalnome, radijalnome, tangentnome ni volumnom utezanju.