Timing and Planning for Hardwood Regeneration in the Coastal Plains

Abstract

Foresters generally do a good job of managing hardwood overstories; they upgrade the stand by deadening or cutting decadent and undesirable trees. But eventually they have to cut the overstory,and if they wait until after final harvesting to plan for reproduction, it is too late. Where the overstory has been removed and reproduction is unacceptable, as it is on many acres in the South, the only alternative may be expensive clearing and planting.

Citation

Johnson, Robert L. 1971. Timing and Planning for Hardwood Regeneration in the Coastal Plains. In: Symposium on Southeastern Hardwoods. Southeastern Area, State and Private Forestry, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 44-49.