- 行业: Forest products; Government
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All commercial roundwood products except fuelwood. Includes boards, dimension lumber, pulp, and paper products.
Industry:Forest products
1. Transformation of a forest from one forest type to another, favoring a particular species or group of species through practices such as cutting, planting, or weeding. 2. Process of sawing or otherwise changing the shape of timber. 3. Transformation of timber into any kind of product.
Industry:Forest products
In silviculture, a tree cutting method in which renewal of a newly cutover area depends primarily on vegetative reproduction like sprouting.
Industry:Forest products
Ability of certain hardwood species to regenerate by producing many new shoots from a cut stump.
Industry:Forest products
1. Any timber product delivered to a receiving facility in short-length form, 8 feet, or less, and intended for use as a raw material in the manufacture of pulp and pulp products; a cord is approximately 5,200 pounds for pine, 5,400 pounds for soft hardwood, 5,600 pounds for mixed hardwood, and 5,800 pounds for hard hardwood. Provisions do not apply to pulpwood damaged by insects or other causes, or to timber sold in bulk on the stump. 2. Unit of measure of stacked wood that measures 4 by 4 by 8 feet or 128 cubic feet of wood, bark, and empty space within the stack.
Industry:Forest products
Quotient derived by dividing the total number of cords that a crew produces by the number of man-hours required for the production.
Industry:Forest products
Road or pathway that has logs or poles placed crosswise to the road direction to act as a firm surface for hauling or skidding logs from the cutting area to the landing.
Industry:Forest products
Wood that is cut in short lengths, usually measured in cords and commonly used as fuel. Applies also to other products measured in cords.
Industry:Forest products
1. Remaining wood after a veneer peeling operation is completed. 2. The center section of wire rope, made of wire, hemp, or polypropylene.
Industry:Forest products
