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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 composition or condition or supply of material (stumpage). 



In organization, growing stock, the volume of material present, as 



basis of management; 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. 

 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 systematic 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 surface 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. 



