18 TEEMS USED IN FORESTRY AND LOGGING. 



Pure forest. Forest composed of trees of one species. In practice, a forest in 

 which 80 per cent of the trees are of one species. 

 G., reiner Bestand. F., peuplement pur. 

 Quality increment. See Increment. 

 Quality of locality. See LocaUty class. 



Quincunx planting. A method of planting in which young trees are set in the 

 center and at each corner of successive squares. 



G., Fiinfverband, Kreuzpflanzung. F., plantation en quinconce. 

 Reforest, v. See Eestock. 

 Regeneration, n. See Reproduction. 

 Regeneration cutting. See Reproduction cutting. 

 Regular forest. Forest in which the trees are approximately of the same age. 



Syn. : even-aged forest. G., gleichalteriger Bestand. F. , peuplement uniform. 

 RemoTal cuttings. See Stand method. 

 Removal stage. See Stand method. 



Reproduction, n. 1. The process by which a forest is renewed. 

 Syn.: regeneration. G., Verjiingung. F., regeneration. 



Natural reproduction is the renewal of a forest by self-sown seeds or by sprouts. 

 G., natiirliche Verjiingung. F., regeneration naturelle. 

 Artificial reproduction is the renewal of a forest by sowing or plantiiui. 

 G., kiinstliche Verjiingung. F., regeneration artificielle. 

 2. Seedlings or saplings from sprouts or from self-sown seed. 

 Reproduction cutting. Any cutting intended to invite or assist reproduction. 



Syn.: regeneration cutting. G., Verjiingungshieb. F., coupe de regeneration. 



Reproduction period. The space of time required for the renewal of a stand. 



Reserve seed method. That method of conservative lumbering in which, in a stand 



which is being reproduced by self-sown seed, a number of trees are left uncut for a 



period, usually a second rotation, after the stand itself is reproduced. See Forest 



management. 



Syn.: system of high forest with standards. G., Ueberhaltbetrieb. F., traite- 

 ment en futaie avec reserve sur coupe definitive. 

 Reserve sprout forest. Two-storied forest, in which sprouts form the lower and 

 seedlings, or selected, healthy sprouts, the upper story. 



Syn.: coppice with standards, standard coppice, stored coppice. G., Mittel- 

 wald, F., taillis compose, taillis sous futaie. 

 Reserve sprout method. That method of conservative lumbering in which an 

 overwood composed of seedling trees, or selected sprouts, is maintained above a 

 stand of sprouts. See Forest management. 



Syn.: standard coppice system. G., Mittelwaldbetrieb. F., regime du taillis 

 compose. 

 Restock, V. To renew a forest, either by natural or artificial means. 



Syn.: reforest. G., aufforsten. F., reboiser. 

 Ride, n. See Compartment line. 

 Ridge planting. See Mound planting. 



Rock, n. In forest description rock refers to those characteristics of the underlying 

 formation which affect the forest; as, for example, its outcrop, composition, and 

 the rapidity of its disintegration. 

 Rock in, to. To plant young trees in openings in the ground made by prying or 

 rocking a spade back and forth. 



