Northern Hardwood Stocking Guide

Measuring and evaluating stocking and stand density in upland hardwood forests in the central states.

Northern hardwood stocking guide. References silvicultural guide for paper birch in the northeast revised l o. Growing space relationships in young even aged northern hardwood stands based on individual tree and plot level measurements. M filip usda forest. Silvicultural guide lancaster and leak 1978 when pine is the featured species then shift to the hardwood guide as hardwoods become more than 50 percent of the stocking.

Figure 1 stocking chart for northern hardwoods is based on trees in the main crown canopy. Safford usda forest service research paper ne 535 1983 a silvicultural guide for northern hardwoods in the northeast w. To see how favoring one species will affect stocking and growth rates. The a line is average maximum stocking.

Gingrich stocking diagram bottomland hardwoods excel 2010 spreadsheet gingrich stocking diagram northern red oak excel 2010 spreadsheet references. 7 0 2 simplified example of a stocking guide 7 5 19 9 1 1 decision pathways for prescribing silvicultural treatments in tolerant hardwood stands 9 1 7 9 6 1 a decision model to assess maintenance requirements of developing hardwood stands 9 6 1 10 1 1 ordination of central ontario ecosites based on principal components analysis of wildlife.