Silvicultural system: planned programs of treatments throughout the life of the stand to achieve stand structural objectives based on integrated resource management goals. A silvicultural system includes harvesting, regeneration and stand-tending methods or phases. It covers all activities for the entire length of a rotation or cutting cycle. Six major categories of silvicultural system:
Even-Aged Systems: a stand of trees consisting of one or two age classes.
Clearcut
Patch-cut
Coppice
Shelterwood
Seed Tree
Uneven-aged systems: stand of trees containing three or more age classes. In a balanced uneven-aged stand, each age class is represented by approximately equal areas, providing a balanced distribution of diameter classes.
