Regeneration of Patch Harvests in Even-Aged Northern Hardwoods in New England

One suggested approach to converting even-aged northern hardwoods to an uneven-aged condition is the use of small-patch harvests to initiate new regeneration of desired species. Past experience indicates that such harvests may be less successful in second-growth, even-aged stands than in olderstands...

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Published inNorthern Journal of Applied Forestry Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 188 - 189
Main Author Leak, W.B
Format Journal Article Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bethesda Oxford University Press 01.12.2003
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Acer rubrum
Acer saccharum subsp. saccharum
basal area
Betula alleghaniensis
Betula papyrifera
even-aged stands
Fagus grandifolia
forest stands
forest trees
Fraxinus americana
natural regeneration
patch cutting
Picea rubens
species diversity
stand composition
stand conversion
stand management
Tsuga canadensis
uneven-aged management
New Hampshire
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Summary:One suggested approach to converting even-aged northern hardwoods to an uneven-aged condition is the use of small-patch harvests to initiate new regeneration of desired species. Past experience indicates that such harvests may be less successful in second-growth, even-aged stands than in olderstands due to the abundance of sprouts and noncommercial species. Remeasurement of 47-yr-old patch harvests, applied to a 70-yr-old even aged stand, growing on a beech-red maple site in New Hampshire showed that paper and yellow birch dominated the regeneration composition of patch centers.
Bibliography:http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/7936
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