SL> terms used in FOUESTRY and L0GGl2s^G. 



Soil, n. In forest description the origin, composition, depth, and moisture of the 

 forest soil are considered under soil. Its depth is defined by the following terms. 

 each of which has its equivalent in inches: 



Very shallow=less than 6 inches. 

 Shallow =6 to 12 inches. 



Moderate =12 to 24 inches. 

 Deep =24 to 36 inches. 



Very deep =over 36 inches. 

 The moisture of the soil is defined by the following terms: 

 Wet: when water drips from a piece held in the hand without pressing. 

 Moist: when water drips from a piece pressed in the hand. 



Fresh: when no water drips from a piece pressed in the hand, though it is 

 unmistakably present 



Dry: when there is little or no trace of water. 



Very dry: when the soil is parched. Such soils are usually caked and very hard, 

 sand being an exception. 

 Sour humus. Humus harmful to forest growth owing to the presence of humic or 

 similar acids produced by decomposition under excess of moisture and lack of air. 

 Syn. : acid humus. Ant.: mild humus. G., sauerer Humus. F., humus tour- 

 beux. 

 Sown forest. See Forest plantation. 

 Sprout, n. A tree which has grown from a stump or root. 



Syn.: coppice shoot, root sucker, stool shoot, stump shoot. G., Stockausschlag. 

 F., rejet de souche. 



A shoot is a sprout which has not reached a height of 3 feet. See Tree class. 

 Sprout forest. A forest consisting wholly or mainly of sprouts. 



Syn. : coppice, coppice forest. G., Xiederwald. F., taillis. 

 Sprout method. That method of conservative lumbering in which reproduction is 

 obtained by sprouts. See Forest management. 



Syn.: coppice method or system. G., Xiederwaldbetrieb. F., regime du taillis 

 simple. 

 Sprout system. One of the three great systems of forest management, in which 

 reproduction is secured by sprouts. See Forest management. 



Syn.: coppice system. G., Stockausschlagbetrieb. Xiederwaldbetrieb. F., re- 

 gime du taillis simple. 

 Square planting. A method of planting in which the distance between the rows 

 is equal to the distance between the young trees in the rows. 

 G., Quadratpflanzung. F., plantation en carre. 

 Stagheaded, a. See Dry topped. 

 Stand, n. All growing trees in a forest or in part of a forest. 



Syn.: growing stock. G., Bestand. F., peuplement. 

 Standard, n. A tree from 1 to 2 feet in diameter breasthigh. See Tree class. 

 Standard coppice. See Reserve sprout forest. 

 Standard coppice system. See Reserve sprout method. 



Standard-forest, n. A forest of standards. G., Baumholz. F. , futaie, haute futaie. 

 Stand class. All stands of similar density, height, and volume for a given age or 

 diameter and a given locality class. The index stand may constitute the first stand 

 class. 



G., Bestandesgiite. F., qualite du peuplement. 

 Stand flre. See Forest fire. 



