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Stock map. A map giving by symbols and numbers the composition of a stand or 

 forest. 



Stock table. See Stand table. A table enumerating the volume of a stand by tree 

 classes. 



Stock-taking. See Forest survey. 



Stool shoot. A sprout from a stump. 



Stoutwood. See Assortment. 



Stratify. In nursery and planting practice, to preserve tree seeds by spreading 

 them in layers alternating with layers of earth or sand. 



Strip method. See Reproduction, clearcutting method and shelterwood method. 



Strip selection method. See Reproduction (Selection) method. 



Strip seeding method. See Direct seeding. 



Strip survey. A partial survey; more precisely a process of estimating timber by 

 measuring it on strips laid out over the area to be surveyed according to a syste- 

 matic scheme {see Forest survey) and applying the measurements to the whole 

 area in proportion. 



Stub. That portion of the trunk left standing when a tree is accidentally broken off. 



Stump. That portion of the trunk below the cut made in felling a tree. 

 G., Stock. F., souche. 



Stump analysis. A partial stem analysis in which the only section used is the sur- 

 face of the stump. See Stem analysis. 



Stump height. The average distance between the juncture of the stem and roots 

 (root collar) and the surface of a stump. 



Stumpage. 1. Amount of saleable material in a stand. 

 Syn. : stock. 



2. Stumpage value, the value of timber as it stands — "on the stump." May 

 include all wood or only certain classes. 



3. Price paid for standing timber. 

 Subcompartment. See Subdivision. 



Subdivision. A larger or smaller part of a forest property segregated with a view 

 to making units for purposes of administration, protection, organization, manage- 

 ment. 



District. Generically, any administrative unit; specifically, an aggregate of 

 administrative units or forests for control and inspection purposes. 



Forest. An administrative unit, as National forest. State forest, Municipal 

 forest. 



Ranger district or Range. Part of a forest, an executive unit under care of a ranger. 



Patrol district or Beat. An executive unit for protective purposes, under a 

 guard or patrol. 



Compartment. An organization unit or small subdivision for purposes of 

 orientation, administrative, and silvicultural operations. 



G., Abteilung, Jagen (Prussia). 



Lot. A small subdivision of a compartment, differing in composition, age, or 

 character, requiring different treatment from the main body of the compartment; 

 impermanent if due to accidental, permanent if due to site conditions. 



Syn. : subcompartment. 



G., Unterabteilung, Abteilung (Prussia). 



Block. A major division of the working plan unit, intermediate in size between 

 the working plan unit and a compartment. A block is usually based on topog- 



