Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research

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Presentation: Logging Damage and Epicormic Branching in Hardwoods
Author(s): Steve Meadows

Slide Notes...

Excessive logging damage to the boles of residual trees can be a very serious problem associated with any intermediate

cutting operation in hardwood stands. The damage to this water oak was not caused by the skidder itself, but by the

log pulled by the skidder scraping up against the bole. This type of wound is typical, in that most logging wounds are

caused by the skidded log, not by the skidder itself.

Logging Damage and Epicormic Branching

Dr. Steve Meadows