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Vegetation management in Florida's private non-industrial forests
| Author: |
Campbell, Paul; Long, Alan |
| Date: |
1998 |
| Periodical: |
Gainesville: University of Florida; IFAS, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, School of Forest Resources and Conservation; SS-FOR-10. 11 p |
| Link: |
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/FR/FR04400.pdf
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| Abstract: |
Forest vegetation management is usually defined as the practice of controlling the growth of non-crop plant species so sunlight, moisture, and soil nutrients are channeled to trees that produce useable forest products. When other vegetation is not controlled, the growth of the stand of crop trees may be slowed. So, effective vegetation management increases the landowner's financial rewards in four possible ways: the crop trees can be harvested sooner because they reach merchantable size at an earlier age. Or, at a given age, more trees will be large enough for higher value uses such as plywood and poles. Also, owners are more likely to have a fully stocked stand of crop trees, with more crop trees to harvest; wildfire severe enough to damage or destroy the crop trees is less likely; because of ease of access and good visibility in the stand, timber sale preparation and logging costs may be lower; and costs of establishing new forest stands following harvest are reduced because there is less residual vegetation. Therefore, less timber sale income has to be earmarked for site preparation, planting, and other stand establishment costs. |
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