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US Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Отрасли: Forest products; Government
Number of terms: 2933
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1. Sum of wasted and unused wood in the forest, including logging residues; rough, rotten, and dead trees; and annual mortality. 2. Unmerchantable material normally left following conventional logging operations other than whole-tree harvesting.
Industry:Forest products
1. Classification of forest land in terms of potential cubic-foot volume growth per acre at the culmination of mean annual increment. 2. Classification of forest land based on the species forming a plurality of live-tree stocking. Type is determined on the basis of species plurality of all live trees that contribute to stocking.
Industry:Forest products
Establishment of a forest, naturally or artificially, on an area, whether previously forested or not.
Industry:Forest products
Generally, a profession embracing the science, business, and art of creating, conserving, and managing forest, and forest lands for the continuing use of their resources, materials, and other forest products.
Industry:Forest products
Self-propelled machine, usually self-loading, designed to transport trees or parts of trees by carrying them completely off the ground.
Industry:Forest products
Transporting trees or parts of trees by carrying them completely off the ground rather than by pulling or dragging them along the ground. Also known as prehauling.
Industry:Forest products
1. Wheeled or tractor loader, with a bucket or fork hinged to lifting arms, that loads or digs entirely at the front end. 2. Back or rubber-tired machine equipped with forks.
Industry:Forest products
Radial, longitudinal split in the wood of a tree, generally near the base of the bole, caused by internal stresses due to extremely cold weather.
Industry:Forest products
Wood salvaged from mill waste, cull logs, and branches; used to fuel fires in a boiler or furnace.
Industry:Forest products
Stands in which the stocking of trees is from 100 to 133 percent.
Industry:Forest products