A Landowner's Guide to Selling Standing Timber - the Ontario ...

A LANDOWNER’S GUIDE TO SELLING STANDING TIMBERRegeneration – young trees (noun) or the process ofgrowing young trees (verb):s The growth of young trees can be promoted throughnatural or artificial meanss Trees naturally regenerate by producing seeds or bycoppice growths People artificially regenerate forests by dispersingseeds, planting trees or stimulating coppice growthRemoval Cut – in the shelterwood silviculture system:s Mature trees are harvested after young trees areestablished below thems Increases the growth and survival rates of young treesby providing full sunlightRiparian – areas adjacent to rivers and streamsidentified by vegetation, wildlife and other qualities uniqueto these locations.Sawlog – a log of sufficient quality and size to be sawninto lumber.ssbe planted with seedlings after the harvest or left toregenerate naturally.Selection – individual trees or groups of matureand/or unhealthy trees are harvested on a selectivebasis. Leaves most of the trees and a variety of ageclasses to grow and regenerate the forest.Uniform Shelterwood – mature trees areharvested in a series of two or more cuts. Encouragesnatural regeneration in the shelter and shade of theremaining trees. A seed cut, removes about half of thelarge trees, leaving the rest to develop large crowns,which provide seeds and shade for regeneration.Subsequent cuts, called removal cuts, are conductedwhen saplings are well established beneath the maturetrees. By removing the mature trees, the final cutsprovide the new growth with sunlight and roomto grow.Snag – a standing dead tree that is decaying. Canprovide habitat for many wildlife species and can be asafety hazard during logging operations.APPENDIX 4Seed Cut – in the shelterwood silviculture system:s Removes about half of the mature trees in a stand.s Creates space so that the remaining trees can developlarge crowns.s Trees with large crowns produce more seeds and theshade that many species need to germinate and grow.Silviculture – the science of growing trees.Silvicultural Systems:s Clearcut – all trees in a stand or portions of a standare removed at the same time. The clearcut area maySpecies – a group of plants, animals or other life formsthat can interbreed.Stand – a group of trees that can be distinguished fromother vegetation by its composition, age, arrangementor condition.Stocking – a relative measure of the quantity of trees ina stand. Can be expressed in terms of crown closure,number of trees, basal area or volume per hectare.55