Innovating Overstocked Forests to Better Health - US Forest Service
WEBOct 13, 2022 · Sudden Oak Death, a water mold pathogen, thrives in wet environments and spreads by warm, spring rains. So, in an overstocked forest with disrupted wind flow across the landscape, fungi like Sudden Oak Death can thrive, compared to a cleared forest with more airflow to stifle the disease.
WEBStocking is a concept that is important in forest management. The Society of American Foresters define stocking as “... an indication of the number of trees in a stand as compared to the desired number for best growth and management: such as well-stocked, over-stocked, partly stocked.”.
Are Oaks In Trouble? - Learn Your Land
WEBBut a quick glance at mature oak forests today tells us that significant changes are occurring. These changes, it turns out, aren’t particularly favorable to oaks. Ecologists are worried about something that’s occurring underneath the towering oaks.
WEBThe oak-hickory forest type is the most prevalent of the upland hardwood types. The oaks are most abundant in this type, usually occupying dominant and co-dominant positions within the stand. The oaks are favored for management in the oak-hickory type as well as being highly favored in the other mixed-hardwood types.
Decline of Oak Forests - forestryboard.org
WEBJun 13, 2020 · Management practice decisions are one of the greatest challenges to the oak species. This can be broken down into two distinct elements: overstocked stands, and changing forest type. An overstocked stand means that trees are growing in “tight” conditions with limited space.
WEBFor oak-hickory forests, Gingrich’s has been the most widely used stocking guide for managing stand density. Key thresholds on Gingrich’s guide include the average maximum density (the A-line, 100% stocking) and the minimum density of full growing space utilization (the B-line, 55 to 58% stocking). The A-line indicates average maximum ...
Developing methods to mitigate impacts of oak decline in the …
WEBSUMMARY: Oak decline has become increasingly severe as numerous fully stocked and over-stocked oak forests in Interior Highlands of Arkansas approach physiologic maturity, and it is becoming of greater concern for the future of forests across the Ozark Highlands and the eastern United States.
How to restore your oak forests: New guides available for …
WEBApr 4, 2024 · Two new papers on prescribed and enhancement planting provide foundational how-to knowledge for oak restoration. Oaks are important trees that wildlife depend upon, and they also use about a third of the amount of …
WEBStocking equations were developed separately for plots having average seedling height below and above 9 feet. The resulting stocking equations provide an objective basis for evaluating stocking of young regeneration in the upland mixed-oak forest.
WEBAFTER MORE than 20 years of USDA Forest Service re- search on the growth and yield of hardwoods in the Central States, we can now confidently make recommendations for the management and culture of upland hardwood stands that are predominantly oak. In this paper I will deal with the first 50