Crop-tree release thinning in 65-year-old commercial cherry-maple stands (5-year results)

H. Clay Smith; Gary Miller; Neil I. Lamson

doi:10.2737/NE-RP-694

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Crop-tree release thinning in 65-year-old commercial cherry-maple stands (5-year results)

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Authors:

H. Clay Smith, Gary Miller, Neil I. Lamson

Year:

1994

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NE-RP-694

Source:

Res. Pap. NE-694. Radnor, PA: US. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 11 p.

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Abstract

Crop-tree release was applied to a 65-year-old cherry-maple stand in north central West Virginia. Criteria were developed for selecting crop trees for high quality sawtimber and veneer products. Five-year stand growth, mortality, and ingrowth using basal areas, volume, relative density, and number of trees were discussed for the treatments.

Keywords

crop trees, selection criteria, release, thinning, commercial stands, growth, yield, quality

Citation

Smith, H. Clay; Miller, Gary W.; Lamson, Neil I. 1994. Crop-tree release thinning in 65-year-old commercial cherry-maple stands (5-year results). Res. Pap. NE-694. Radnor, PA: US. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 11 p.