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SEEDING AND PLANTING 



22. Treatment of Areas Covered with an Overwood 



Artificial regeneration by either seeding or planting is usually 

 easily accomplished under an overwood of suitable density. The 



FIG. 35. A plantation of white pine established under an overwood of 

 oak and chestnut. Near New Haven, Conn. 



overwood serves as a nurse crop for the introduced plants while 

 they are becoming established (Fig. 35). When the overwood 

 is dense artificial regeneration is not successful. A portion of the 

 stand must be harvested before seeding or planting is undertaken. 



