84 THE WOODLOTo 



FIGURE 28. 

 Diagram of Stand in New Haven County, Conn. 



Mixed forests of sprout hardwoods. Diameters, 3 to 8 inches; heights, 35 to 40 

 feet; ages, 40 to 45 years. The treatment required is a heavy improvement cutting, 

 which will be followed in this case by a certain amount of reproduction. Injuries 

 from fire have spoiled a number of the dominant trees whose places can not always 

 be filled by young growth already on the ground. Thus, Black Oak 5, Chestnut 2, 4, 5, 

 6, and 7, were leading trees, but being either dead topped or fire scarred will no longer 

 develop valuably. When they are cut, Black Birches 1 and 2 and Hard Maples 1 

 and 2 will help to fill some of their places. Of the subordinate trees to be cut, 

 Black Oaks 2 and 4 and White Oak 1 are not only overtopped, but dead in the tops 

 as well. Hard Maple 3 must be cut because it is infested by a borer and will ulti- 

 mately be killed out by White Oak 2. The resulting stand will be somewhat more 

 open than it should be after a normal improvement cutting, but the young growth 

 which will begin to come in will partially replenish it and serve at the same time 

 to supplement the reproduction after later cuttings. 



