. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS. 35 THE STRIP SYSTEM. In nearly every wooded region of the United States a tornado occasionally destroys tiie trees in a long and narrow belt through the forest. Fire often follows and clears the strip by burning up the fallen timber. Seeds then fall in the opening, carried from the trees on either side, the seeds germinate and grow, and the reproduction of the forest takes Fig. 22.—Spruce managed under the Strip System. Southern Russia. When the ax takes the place of the tornado and the timber is logged instead o
. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS. 35 THE STRIP SYSTEM. In nearly every wooded region of the United States a tornado occasionally destroys tiie trees in a long and narrow belt through the forest. Fire often follows and clears the strip by burning up the fallen timber. Seeds then fall in the opening, carried from the trees on either side, the seeds germinate and grow, and the reproduction of the forest takes Fig. 22.—Spruce managed under the Strip System. Southern Russia. When the ax takes the place of the tornado and the timber is logged instead of being burned, the Strip System is applied. Reproduction follows from trees on either side, as before. The Strip System consists in cutting long narrow openings in the mature timber instead of the circular openings of the Group System, to which it is similar in man}^ ways. It is simple and eftective when natural reproduction is good, and well suited for extensive operations in places where careful 1116—05 4. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Division of Forestry. Washington : G. P. O.
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