Any treatment intended to improve the quality of a forest stand, including pruning, thinning, salvaging, and fertilization. timber type. See forest type.
Terms Commonly used in Management Plans] [ Forest Stewardship] Improving the quality of a forest stand by removing or deadening undesirable species to achieve desired stocking and species composition.
A loose term for thinning, pruning, and weeding a timber stand to improve the species composition, structure, condition and growth.
any practice that increases the value or rate of value growth in a stand of potential sawtimber trees. Pruning and thinning are considered t.s.i.
Intermediate pruning, weeding, and thinning of a stand of timber prior to its reaching mature rotation age to improve growing conditions and control stand composition.
Improving the quality of a forest stand by removing or killing undesirable species to achieve desired stocking and species composition. TSI practices include applying herbicides, burning, girdling, or cutting.
any practice that increases the rate of growth or improves composition or quality in a developing stand of trees, thus enhancing its potential value. Pruning, thinning, and weeding are considered TSI.
a combination of intermediate treatments designed to improve growth and composition of the forest; often spoken of as TSI.
A collective term for management practices used in an established timber stand to improve the composition or condition of the timber or to concentrate growth on selected crop trees. Examples include improvement cuts to remove trees of less valuable species, sanitation cuts to remove damaged or diseased trees, and cull tree removal. Also see “Intermediate treatment.
Thinnings, prunings, pest management efforts, and other silvicultural operations done to improve the overall health of a forest.
