Developing advance reproduction of intermediate light-tolerant species such as white oak: A focus on midstory removal

Wayne K. Clatterbuck; Canaan J. Dugger

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Developing advance reproduction of intermediate light-tolerant species such as white oak: A focus on midstory removal

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Authors:

Wayne K. Clatterbuck, Canaan J. Dugger

Year:

2022

Type:

Proceedings

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Jain, Theresa B.; Schuler, Thomas M. [comp.]. Foundational concepts in silviculture with emphasis on reforestation and early stand improvement - 2022 National Silviculture Workshop. Proc. RMRS-P-80. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 4 p.

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Abstract

White oak regeneration is both disturbance dependent and advanced growth dependent (Clatterbuck 2019). “The answer to the question of how to ensure oak regeneration … is not the development of some radically new method of cutting, but recognition that all cutting operations in a stand, from the very first, should have as some of their objectives the creation of an environment, largely light conditions, favorable for oak regeneration … and furthermore … ensure that cuttings occur frequently enough to maintain growth of oak regeneration” (Hodges 1989).

Parent Publication

Foundational concepts in silviculture with emphasis on reforestation and early stand improvement - 2022 National Silviculture Workshop

Keywords

silviculture, stand improvement, artificial and natural regeneration, forest thinning, forest management, restoration, stand tending reforestation

Citation

Clatterbuck, Wayne K.; Dugger, Canaan J. 2022. Developing advance reproduction of intermediate light-tolerant species such as white oak: A focus on midstory removal. In: Jain, Theresa B.; Schuler, Thomas M. [comp.]. Foundational concepts in silviculture with emphasis on reforestation and early stand improvement - 2022 National Silviculture Workshop. Proc. RMRS-P-80. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 4 p.