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Forestry processes

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Forestry processes

canopy

Forest products; Forestry processes

The highest level in a forest, formed by the leafy tops of the tallest trees.

deforstation

Forest products; Forestry processes

The cutting down of all or most of the trees in a forest. When trees are removed from a forest.

fusee

Forest products; Forestry processes

Flares used by firefighers in burnout operations.

girdling

Forest products; Forestry processes

Making cuts into the stem of the tree to kill it.

commercial forestland

Forest products; Forestry processes

Forest which is capable of producing 20 cubic feet of timber per acre per year, and is legally harvestable.

stand

Forest products; Forestry processes

A homogenous group of trees to be managed as one unit.

cutting cycle

Forest products; Forestry processes

The time between harvests of a stand.

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