Prescribing regeneration treatments for mixed-oak forests in the Mid-Atlantic region

Author

• Brose, Patrick H.
• Gottschalk, Kurt W.
• Horsley, Stephen B.
• Knopp, Peter D.
• Kochenderfer, James N.
• McGuinness, Barbara J.
• Miller, Gary W.
• Ristau, Todd E.
• Stoleson, Scott H.
• Stout, Susan L.

Year Published

2008

Publication

Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-33. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 100 p.

Abstract

Includes guidelines for using the SILVAH decision-support system to perpetuate oak forests in the Mid-Atlantic region. Six chapters provide information on values of oak forests, inventory methods, key decision variables, decision charts, and silvicultural prescriptions, as well as guidance on fostering young stands. Sample tally sheets and SILVAH computer printouts are included in the Appendix.

Keywords

• herbicides
• prescribed fire
• Quercus
• shelterwood system
• sustainable forestry

Citation

Brose, Patrick H.; Gottschalk, Kurt W.; Horsley, Stephen B.; Knopp, Peter D.; Kochenderfer, James N.; McGuinness, Barbara J.; Miller, Gary W.; Ristau, Todd E.; Stoleson, Scott H.; Stout, Susan L. 2008. Prescribing regeneration treatments for mixed-oak forests in the Mid-Atlantic region. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-33. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 100 p.

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