Forestry

Replanting areas of dead or damaged trees to maintain target stocking rates, normally undertaken the winter following the planting of a stand.

The bottom part of a tree. A 'Peeler Butt' is the pruned bottom part of the tree, around 2m in length, used by mills to make veneer.

Wood which is free of knots and other defects. In Radiata pine this is grown on the butt log, being the pruned part of each tree (bottom 5+ metres approx). Knot-free Radiata pine is highly sought after and therefore the most valuable portion of each tree as the wood is used for decorative, furnishing and [...]

Trees left standing following a thinning operation.

Diameter Breast Height is used to describe a tree diameter taken at a standard height of 1.4 metres above ground level.

The largest trees in a stand.

If a species is endemic to a particular area, that means it is specific to that area and not found naturally elsewhere.

The planting phase of a forest, all the physical operations needed to bring a treecrop into being, including the purchase of land.

Trees retained until the final felling of a stand.