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Stand Acreage: <br />Site <br />Soils: <br />Slope: <br />Aspect: <br />Landform: <br />Site Index: <br />Vegetation <br />Primary Tree Species: <br />Secondary Tree Species: <br />Stocking: <br />DBH of timber species: <br />Shrubs: <br />Herbs: <br />Vines: <br />Advance Regeneration: <br />Invasive Plants: <br />Recommendations: <br />Georgeville, Cecil <br />0 % -10% <br />East <br />Convex <br />100 for loblolly pine <br />loblolly pine <br />upland oaks, red maple <br />fully stocked: 150 square feet per acre <br />7 <br />sumac, blackberry (declining) <br />grasses, forbs (declining) <br />catbrier, grapes <br />NA <br />tree -of- heaven, princesstree, multiflora rose, Japanese <br />The invasive trees in the canopy should be cut and the stumps should be treated with a 25% <br />solution of a triclopyr herbicide to prevent resprouting. It is likely that after this treatment, little <br />invasive species control will be necessary within the stand as the pines will probably shade out <br />most of the species in the understory over the next several years. This can be completed in- <br />house or a licensed pesticide applicator can be hired to do the work. <br />In about 8 years or sooner if volumes allow, a commercial thinning should be conducted. <br />Residual basal areas should be determined just before the thinning is conducted. This thinning <br />will help to maintain high growth rates in the pines, and can also be used to promote hardwood <br />mast producers in the canopy. This thinning, if marketed with pulpwood harvests and <br />improvement work in other stands, should generate modest returns which could be used to <br />finance stewardship work on other portions of the forest. This sale should be negotiated on a per <br />unit basis with a reputable pulpwood buyer. <br />After the first thinning, another thinning will probably be necessary around age thirty. <br />. <br />165 <br />