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Conventional silviculture consisting of even aged stands of trees
Silvicultural system | Rotation length | Regeneration method | Thinning | Felling | Notes |
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Clear fell/clear cut | Depends on species; a minimum of 40-60 years, but may be longer than 160 years for slow growing species such as oak | Usually planting on larger areas, may use natural regeneration from seed on smaller areas | May take place throughout the lifetime of the crop. Thinning may be systematic (eg every third tree) or selective (eg the 20% of trees with the poorest form) | The crop is cleared by a single felling at the end of the rotation | There is a grey area between a heavy thinning of a forest stand, and some of the systematic regeneration methods described below |
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