Many trees in a virgin or old growth stand are overmature and are, in fact, dying of old age. Overstocked stands -See stocking classes . Overstory -Layer of foliage in a forest canopy including the trees in a timber stand. Tall mature trees that rise above the shorter immature understory trees. Overstory removal -Any silvicultural treatment with the desired end result being the removal of the overstory component from the growing stock of a multistoried stand.
Examples are outright harvest, girdling, and simply felling the overstory.
Overstory trees -Trees that form the uppermost canopy layer in a forest of more than one story. Overtopped -See suppressed . County -Land owned by counties or land leased by them for more than 50 years. Farmer owned -Land owned by operators of farms. Indian -Tribal land held by the Federal Government but administered for Indian tribal groups and Indian trust allotments.