Managing for Quality Hardwoods and Multiple Age Classes

Tom Parkin

doi:10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-211-paper23

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Managing for Quality Hardwoods and Multiple Age Classes

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Authors:

Tom Parkin

Year:

2023

Type:

Proceedings - Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-211-paper23

Source:

In: Kern, Christel C.; Dickinson, Yvette L., eds. Proceedings of the first biennial Northern Hardwood Conference 2021: Bridging science and management for the future. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-211. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 119–121.

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Abstract

A selection system was applied to an uneven-aged stand consisting of mature northern hardwoods. Through group and individual selection on a 10- to 20-year cutting cycle, red maple and sugar maple were drastically decreased in basal area to promote the growth of quality crop trees and allow greater structural diversity in the stand.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the first biennial Northern Hardwood Conference 2021: bridging science and management for the future

Citation

Parkin, Tom. 2023. Managing for Quality Hardwoods and Multiple Age Classes. In: Kern, Christel C.; Dickinson, Yvette L., eds. Proceedings of the first biennial Northern Hardwood Conference 2021: Bridging science and management for the future. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-211. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 119–121. https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-211-paper23.