Group cuts are made on areas that are smaller than the size normally recognized in type and condition class mapping. Patch cuts are made on areas that are of a size generally mapped for type and condition and for control, but which do not include the entire stand of which they are a part. Strip cuts are on areas running through a stand and usually of a width equal to one to two times the general stand height. Stand cuts are on areas large enough to be practical for management. Growing Stock Level Timber growing on any area expressed in either stems per acre or square feet of basal area.
Growth rate bears an inverse relationship to number of rings per inch.
Also applies to volume, value, or other types of increase in trees or stands. The layers of wood laid down each growing season, also called annual rings. These rings frequently are visible when a tree is cut and may be used to estimate the age of the tree, as well as to determine the rate of its growth. Guideline A steering or usual course of action, but neither mandatory nor requiring a superior's approval for deviation from it. Gully A channel or miniature valley cut by concentrated runoff but through which water commonly flows only during and immediately after heavy rains or during the melting of snow.