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From Seed to Board
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| Mother trees | ||
| Seed collecting | ||
| Seed sorting | ||
| Seed storing | ||
| Pre-sowing treatment | ||
| Establishing seed plantations | ||
| Forest tree nurseries | ||
| Planting of seedlings | ||
| Types of seedlings - bare root or containerized | ||
| Tending new seedlings and saplings | ||
| Harvesting operation | ||
| Harvesting methods and systems | ||
| Harvesting equipment/machines | ||
| Commercial thinning | ||
| Final felling | ||
| Clearcutting | ||
| Roundwood transportation | ||
| Sawmill operation | ||
| Cutting logs into board |
HARVESTING OPERATION
Logging
Harvest cutting
Extraction
Skidding
Forwarding
Transportation
HARVESTING METHODS
Methods:
Cut-to-length;
Tree-length;
Full tree;
Whole tree;
Complete tree
HARVESTING EQUIPMENT/MACHINES
The most popular pieces of forestry equipmentthat can be used for logging:
Skidders
Feller bunchers
Knuckleboom log loaders
Swing machines
Wood chippers
Forestry mulchers
Harvesters
Forwarders
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Mother trees Seed collecting Seed sorting Seed storing Pre-sowing treatment Establishing seed plantations Forest tree nurseries Planting of seedlings Types of seedlings - bare root or containerized Tending new seedlings and saplings Harvesting operation Harvesting methods and systems Harvesting equipment/machines Commercial thinning Final felling Clearcutting Roundwood transportation Sawmill operation Cutting logs into board
