Releasing 75- to 80-year-old Appalachian hardwood sawtimber trees--5-year d.b.h. response

H.C. Smith; Gary Miller

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Releasing 75- to 80-year-old Appalachian hardwood sawtimber trees--5-year d.b.h. response

Informally Refereed

Authors:

H.C. Smith, Gary Miller

Year:

1991

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: McCormick, Larry H.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, 8th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 1991 March 4-6; University Park, PA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-148. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 402-413.

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Abstract

Generally, mature trees on good growing sites are seldom thinned or released. Instead, at maturity the trees are harvested. Data were summarized from north-central West Virginia study areas (northern red oak site index 70 feet and above) where mature trees were released on all sides of the crown (full release).

Parent Publication

Proceedings, 8th Central Hardwood Forest Conference

Citation

Smith, H.C.; Miller, G.W. 1991. Releasing 75- to 80-year-old Appalachian hardwood sawtimber trees--5-year d.b.h. response. In: McCormick, Larry H.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, 8th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 1991 March 4-6; University Park, PA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-148. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 402-413.