Northern Research Station

Title: Crop-tree release thinning in 65-year-old commercial cherry-maple stands (5-year results)

Author: Smith, H. Clay; Miller, Gary W.; Lamson, Neil I.

Date: 1994

Source: Res. Pap. NE-694. Radnor, PA: US. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 11 p.

Station ID: RP-NE-694

Description: Crop-tree release was applied to a 65-year-old cherry-maple stand in north central West Virginia. Criteria were developed for selecting crop trees for high quality sawtimber and veneer products. Five-year stand growth, mortality, and ingrowth using basal areas, volume, relative density, and number of trees were discussed for the treatments.

Keywords: crop trees, selection criteria, release, thinning, commercial stands, growth, yield, quality

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Smith, H. Clay; Miller, Gary W.; Lamson, Neil I.  1994.  Crop-tree release thinning in 65-year-old commercial cherry-maple stands (5-year results).   Res. Pap. NE-694. Radnor, PA: US. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 11 p..