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G., Vorbereitungschlag. F., coupe preparatoire. 



Seed cutting or felling. A further opening of the stand, before seed- 

 ing takes place, to secure the amount of light which the expected seed- 

 lings will require. A stand in which one or more seed cuttings have 

 been made is in the seeding stage. 



G., Besamungsschlag. F., coupe d'ensemencement. 



Removal cuttings or fellings gradually remove the mature stand, 

 which would otherwise retard the development of the young trees. A 

 stand in which one or more removal cuttings have been made is in the 

 removal stage. 



G., Lichtschlag. F., coupe claire. 



The final cutting or felling is the last of the removal cuttings, in which 

 all of the old stand still remaining is cut. (G., Abtriebsschlag, End- 

 hieb. F., coupe definitive.) In practice a two cut shelterwood method 

 may be used, including the seed cutting and final cutting stages. The 

 shelterwood method may be applied to a stand in narrow strips, from 

 the leeward side, at such intervals that reproduction cuttings are 

 generally going on in three strips at one time, one strip being in the 

 removal stage, one in the seeding stage, and one in the preparatory 

 stage. This manner of application is termed Shelterwood strip method. 



Another modification of the shelterwood method of reproduction is 

 that in which groups of valuable advance growth, if present, form the 

 starting points for the cutting which radiates from these centers. Such 

 an application is termed Shelterwood group method. 



6. Coppice method. A method of renewing the forest in which 

 reproduction is secured by sprouts. 



Syn.: sprout method. 



G., Niederwaldbetrieb. F., regime du taillis simple. 



7. Coppice with standards. A method of reproduction in which 

 seedling trees or selected sprouts (standards) are maintained above a 

 coppice or sprout forest. See Composite forest. 



G., Mittelwaldbetrieb. F., regime du taillis. 



Reproduction period. The space of time required or normally decided 

 upon for the renewal of a stand by natural regeneration. 



Syn.: regeneration period ; return period. 



Reserve. 1. A tree or group of trees left uncut on an area for a period, 

 usually a second rotation, after the stand is reproduced naturally or 

 artificially. It may also refer to whole stands held back from utiliza- 



