- 行业: Forest products; Government
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Difference between the log scale of a shipment of timber and the volume of actual lumber obtained from it.
Industry:Forest products
Stands in which the stocking of trees is 133 percent or more.
Industry:Forest products
Layer of foliage in a forest canopy including the trees in a timber stand. Tall mature trees that rise above the shorter immature understory trees.
Industry:Forest products
Any silvicultural treatment with the desired end result being the removal of the overstory component from the growing stock of a multistoried stand. Examples are outright harvest, girdling, and simply felling the overstory.
Industry:Forest products
Bees that form the uppermost canopy layer in a forest of more than one story.
Industry:Forest products
Large, flat, upward-curving metal plate on which log ends or pallets are placed to make skidding easier and prevent digging in and rutting.
Industry:Forest products
Any tree whose seeds are used to produce progeny for use in genetic experimentation. Usually the parent tree is selected because it displays characteristics either interesting from a research standpoint or desirable in an operational forest management program.
Industry:Forest products
Logging area in which only part of the trees are felled and bucked, as opposed to clearcut.
Industry:Forest products
Light-weight block hung at the top of the spar tree and used to lift the bull block and other gear in rigging the tree.
Industry:Forest products
