Bottomland Hardwoods Stocking Guide

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Bottomland hardwoods stocking guide.

He used a data set from putnam and others 1960 to fit a stocking equation and a b line equation the b line represents suggested residual stock ing after thinning. The oaks are most abundant in this type usually occupying dominant and co dominant positions within the stand. Bottomland hardwoods management an ecological approach to bottomland hardwoods bottomland hardwood forests are floodplain forests that are periodically inundated or saturated during the growing season. Likewise if stands are more than 50 percent hemlock oak or spruce fir other guides are more.

Estimating bottomland hardwood growth and yield. The c line represents a. C lines of stocking for southern bottomland hardwoods a guide to identifying insufficient stocking sudoc a 13 79 so 385 goelz j. Although greater emphasis is generally placed on silvicultural treatments imposed.

Goelz microform represents a specific individual material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in public libraries of suffolk county new york. Use the white pine silvicultural guide lancaster and leak 1978 when pine is the featured species then shift to the hardwood guide as hardwoods become more than 50 percent of the stocking. Stocking guide for southern bottomland hardwoods goeiz 1995a provided a stocking guide for use in southern bottomland hardwoods figure i. Stocking guide for bottomland hardwoods from meyers 1989 table 1.

C lines of stocking for southern bottomland hardwoods a guide to identifying insufficient stocking sudoc a 13 79 so 385. A silvicultural system is a comprehensive planned program of silvicultural treatments conducted in logical sequence during the entire life of a stand smith 1962. These c lines represent 10 15 20 and 25 years to reach b line stocking. Goelz 1994 presented a stocking guide for southern bottomland hardwoods.

A guide to identifying insufficient stocking j c g. The item c lines of stocking for southern bottomland hardwoods. The oaks are favored for management in the oak hickory type as well as being highly. Unfortunately they are exceptionally threatened by narrowly focused.

Four c lines that reflect insufficient stocking of southern bottomland hardwoods are presented. The form of the stocking guide follows gingrich 1967 with a y axis of basal area per acre an x axis of trees per acre and a z axis comprised of contour lines of equal stocking. These forests are critically important to biodiversity wildlife carbon storage recreation and clean water in the south. A stand at the c line on a stocking chart will achieve the b line after a period of growth usually specified as 10 years.

Guidelines for using upland hardwoods stocking guide and yield tables the oak hickory forest type is the most prevalent of the upland hardwood types. Free shipping on qualifying offers.