Silviculture Lecture

Question 1

How is stand management achieved?

Answer 1

Stand Tending or Intermediate Treatments: are carried out on a stand after establishment and prior to the subsequent reproduction phase and are intended to either improve site productivity and yield and/or improve stand value.

Question 2

What is genetic gain?

Answer 2

How much more volume a stand can accrue with genetically enhanced stock.

Question 3

What are the 4 critical elements in regeneration?

Answer 3

Management Objectives

The plant (seedling)

The site

The forest practitioner

Question 4

What is the prime objective of stand mgmt?

Answer 4

a prime objective of any
silvicultural system should be to
accommodate regeneration,
either by natural means or
artificially by direct seeding or planting

Question 5

What are some typical intermediate treatments?

Answer 5

Non crop vegetation control

Thinning

Pruning

Fertilization

Question 6

What phase of silviculture is site prep?

Answer 6

Regeneration

Question 7

What are standards a function of?

Answer 7

Standards refer to the minimum acceptable criteria of quantity and quality for new stands. They are set by management objectives of the forest estate owner.

Question 8

What things do reforestation standards cover?

Answer 8

Species selection

Genetic control

Densities

Stocking

Growth Rates & tree size

Competition

Establishment and “free growing” dates