Publication Number 420-405, Posted September 1998
Author: James E. Johnson, Extension Forester, Virginia Tech; David Wm. Smith, Shelton
Short Professor of Forestry, College of Forestry and Wildlife Resources, Virginia Tech
Figure 14. Diagram of a forest stand regenerating under the clearcutting method. (a) Mature, even-aged stand prior to harvest; (b) immediately following cutting; (c) young seedlings growing in the harvested area; (d) adjacent, mature timber being removed once the new stand is well established.
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