Patent ID: 8065968
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: A01G,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of managing timberland comprising: (a) planting within a plot a first genetic tree crop of a first tree species that is selected for at least a first tree trait in a substantially linear pattern defining a first plurality of adjacent substantially linear beds at a first crop spacing and at a first row spacing between adjacent substantially linear beds, wherein the first tree trait is selected from the group consisting of limb arrangement, grain alignment, wood density, straightness, and stiffness, wherein the first genetic crop yields trees for high lumber value; and (b) interplanting a second genetic tree crop of the first tree species that is selected for at least a second tree trait in the first plurality of adjacent substantially linear beds at a second crop spacing that is shorter than the first crop spacing, such that adjacent substantially linear beds include trees of the first and second genetic tree crops, wherein the second tree trait is selected from the group consisting of limb arrangement, grain alignment, wood density, straightness, and stiffness, wherein the second tree trait is different in value from the first tree trait, wherein the second genetic tree crop is a relatively lower value genetic crop than the first genetic tree crop, and wherein the second genetic crop yields trees for fiber or cellulose value.