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Stagheaded. A term applied to a tree dead at the top as a result of injury, disease, 

 or deficient moisture and nutriment. 



Stand. A general descriptive term referring to an aggregation of trees, standing 

 on a limited area, of more or less uniformity of composition and condition, or of age. 

 G., Bestand. F., peuplement. 



In mensuration, the amount of material on a given area; usually expressed in 

 terms of Stand per acre. 

 Syn. : growing stock. 



Stand quality. See Quality of stand. 



Stand table. A tabular enumeration showing separately for each diameter class and 

 species, the number of trees on a given unit of area, usually an average acre. The 

 corresponding volume may or may not be given. If given, the table may be called 

 Stock table (q. v.) 



Standard. 1. See Tree class (in reference to size classification). 



2. A seedling or selected healthy sprout in a coppice forest left uncut to grow 

 for more than one rotation. See Reserve. 



Status records. An administrative term for records showing the ownership of lands. 

 Complete status records will show in detail the chain of title for each parcel of 

 land and also for all servitudes and easements attached to the land. In addition, 

 they usually show the location and extent of all qualified or temporary alienations, 

 such as unpatented mineral claims, leased areas, or lands otherwise specifically 

 under permit or affected by outstanding contracts, as for the sale of timber, etc. 

 Status records usually consist of sets of maps, often called "tract books" and of 

 written or tabtdated records supplemental to the map records. 



Stem. The trunk of a tree. The stem may extend to the top of the tree, as in some 

 conifers, or it may be lost in the ramification of the crown, as in most broadleaf 

 trees. In tree description, the stem is described as long or short, straight or crooked, 

 cylindrical or tapering, smooth or knotty, clear or rough, etc. The synonym 

 bole may be suitably reserved when speaking from the standpoint of utilization, 

 using stem or shaft from the standpoint of mensuration, stetn or trunk for descrip- 

 tion merely. 



Syn. : trunk, bole, shaft. 



Stem analysis. The measurement of stated cross sections of a tree to determine its 

 increment at different periods of its life. A stem analysis may be either partial or 

 complete depending on whether the measurements "include only a portion or all of 

 the stem. 



Stem class. See Tree class. 



Stem density. See Stock density. 



Stem form factor. See Form factor. 



Stock, n. 1. The stump of a coppice from which sprouts are expected. 



2. A general term used to describe the character of the forest cover in composi- 

 tion or condition or supply of material (stumpage). 



In organization, growing stock, the volume of material present, as basis of man- 

 agement ; in finance, the value or capital represented in the stumpage of a stand or 

 forest. See Normal stock. Undesirably used as synonym for Stand. 



Stock density. Expressed by reference to number of trees or total basal area per 

 acre, three grades being recognized: dense, medium, open. 

 G., Bestandesdichte. F., consistance. 



