Development of Advanced Reproduction Following Preliminary Cuttings of a Shelterwood Harvest
- Schmeckpeper, Eric J.
Tennessee Valley Authority, Land Between the Lakes, Golden Pond, Kentucky - Doyle, Larry M.
Tennessee Valley Authority, Land Between the Lakes, Golden Pond, Kentucky - Wellbaum, Elizabeth M.
Tennessee Valley Authority, Land Between the Lakes, Golden Pond, Kentucky
A 43-acre upland oak-hickory stand was used to demonstrate the shelterwood harvest system as practiced on TVA's Land Between The Lakes (LBL) national recreation area. Treatments were: seed cut harvest in the winter of 1978 removing 27 percent of the initial basal area of 94 square feet per acre with chemical injection of all unmarked stems 1 to 11 inches DBH (an additional 10 square feet per acre); partial removal harvest in October 1985 removing approximately 25 square feet basal area per acre. Twenty permanent regeneration plots were established in 1980 for tracking annual changes in small (height<4.5 ft) and large (height>4.5 ft) advanced reproduction, and 70 percent of plots are stocked with oak or hickory. In addition, 95 percent of the plots are stocked with small oak or hickory reproduction. The final removal harvest is scheduled for 1992.
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