Harvesting to get a Eucalyptus coppice crop

Thomas F. Geary

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Harvesting to get a Eucalyptus coppice crop

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Thomas F. Geary

Year:

1983

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

In: Standiford, Richard B; Ledig, F Thomas, technical coordinators. Proceedings of a work-shop on Eucalyptus in California, June 14-16, 1983, Sacramento, California. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW 69. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; p. 95-97

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Abstract

Coppicing of eucalypts saves replanting after harvesting, but plan for coppice before planting seedlings. Select a species that coppices in the planned season of harvest; plan spacing and harvesting methods so that harvesting will not damage stumps; plan coppice management. Best coppice is produced by spring harvest with chain saws, low stumps, no bark or root damage, and no debris left on stumps. Problems are fire hazard, regeneration from seeds, coppice reduction, and killing an unwanted coppice crop.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of a workshop on Eucalyptus in California; June 14-16, 1983; Sacramento, California

Citation

Geary, Thomas F. 1983. Harvesting to get a Eucalyptus coppice crop. In: Standiford, Richard B; Ledig, F Thomas, technical coordinators. Proceedings of a work-shop on Eucalyptus in California, June 14-16, 1983, Sacramento, California. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW 69. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; p. 95-97