Fazy wzrostu wysokości jodły pospolitej z Gór Świętokrzyskich

The paper presents an analysis of height growth phases of silver fir from the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. Basing on bilateral relations between average and current height increments, age of their culmination and duration of main (juvenile and sprouting) phases was determined. Empirical data consisted of 61 sample trees that were subjected to the stem analysis. Juvenile stage of fir height growth lasts 30 years, while sprouting phase is quite long as it lasts 45 years on average. Mean age when analyzed trees reach the culmination of current and average height increment equals 50 and 70 years respectively. Course of height growth of fir resembles this of beech, which can be explained by shade tolerance of these species.