92 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



Syn.: income rotation. 

 G., Umtrieb, Turnus. F., revolution. 

 Row planting. See Forest planting. 

 Sale value. See Value. 

 Salvage felling. {New term.) Removal of trees killed or injured in a forest by 



fire, insects, fungi, or other harmful agencies, with the purpose of utiHzing mer- 

 chantable material and preventing the spread of insects and disease. See under 



Intermediate fellings. 



G., Totalitatshieb. F., coupe accidentelle. 

 Sample plot. A sample plot is an accurately measured area used for purposes of 



experimentation or of mensuration. Sample plots may be either permanent or 



temporary. 

 Sample tree. See Mean sample tree. 

 Sapling. See Tree class. 

 Scale, n. The contents of a log or logs as determined by measurement with a scale 



stick. 

 Scale, V. To determine the contents of a log by measurement with a scale stick. 

 Scale rule. See Scale stick. 

 Scale stick. A stick usually graduated to inches, showing for logs of diflferent 



diameters and lengths the corresponding contents in board feet or other unit 



according to a given log rule {see Log rule.) 

 Screen. See Shade frame. 

 Scribe. A tool designed for carving symbols in wood or bark, commonly used to 



mark Hnes or corner posts. 



Syn.: timber scribe, tree scribe. 

 Second growth. Forest growth which comes up naturally after cutting, fire, or 



other disturbing cause. In lumberman's parlance, the smaller trees left after 



lumbering or the available trees for a second logging. See Old growth. 

 Seedbed. 1. In natural reproduction the soil or forest floor on which seed falls. 

 2. In nursery practice, a subdivision of a nursery for the raising of seedlings. 

 G., Saatbeet. F., couche de semis. 

 Seed board. See Forest planting. 



Seed cutting or felling. See Reproduction (Shelterwood) method. 

 Seed drill. See Forest planting. 

 Seed forest. See High forest. 

 Seed horn. See Forest planting. 

 Seed spot. A prepared spot usually about a foot square in which tree seeds are 



to be planted. 

 Seed spot method. See Direct seeding. 

 Seed tree. Any tree which bears seed; specifically, a tree which is to provide the 



seed for natural reproduction. 

 Syn.: mother tree; nurse tree. 



G., Mutterbaum, Samenbaum. F., portegraine, semencier. 

 Seed tree method. See Reproduction, method of. 

 Seed year. A year in which a given species bears seed abundantly. 



G., Samenjahr. F., annee de semence. 

 Seeding. See Direct seeding. 

 Seeding stage. See Shelterwood method. 



