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US Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Отрасли: Forest products; Government
Number of terms: 2933
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Time it takes for a truck or tractor to be loaded and unloaded.
Industry:Forest products
Area of sufficient size, adjacent to a single lane road, that serves as a temporary parking place for vehicles so that oncoming vehicles may pass.
Industry:Forest products
L skid logs or tree lengths on the without an antifriction device.
Industry:Forest products
Forest stand in which two height classes of considerable difference occur: the overstory and understory. Does not apply to a forest in the process of reproduction, in which the appearance of two stories is due to a seed tree or shelterwood cut before the final cut.
Industry:Forest products
Brush under a stand of timber.
Industry:Forest products
Wedge-shaped notch cut in the base of a tree to govern the direction of its fall. Also known as a box or a notch.
Industry:Forest products
1. Foliage layer beneath the forest canopy. 2. Young trees that are growing beneath the tall mature trees in a timber stand.
Industry:Forest products
Silvicultural system in which individual trees originate at different times and result in a forest with trees of all ages and sizes. Harvest cuts are on an individual-tree selection basis.
Industry:Forest products
Vertical distance between the chord and the unloaded skyline, measured at midspan.
Industry:Forest products
Material that is unsuitable for conversion to industrial wood products due to size, form, or quality. May include rough, rotten, and dead trees; the tops, limbs, and cull sections from harvested trees; or small and noncommercial trees.
Industry:Forest products