DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the shelterwood method, the mature stand is removed in a series of two or three cuts. The early cuts are designed to improve vigor and seed production of the remaining trees while preparing the site for new seedlings (seed cut).

Detailed explanation-2: -Shelterwood system definition The uniform system is the system that most often relies on a series of preparatory cuttings (thinnings) to ready the stand for the regeneration/establishment cutting by encouraging crown expansion, and promoting windfirmness and cone production.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shelterwood cutting is the progression of forest cuttings leading to the establishment of a new generation of seedlings of a particular species or group of species without planting. This silvicultural system is normally implemented in forests that are considered mature, often after several thinnings.