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Prune trees with coarse branches and shoots

Habitat	Function	Type of work
Forest	High-quality timber	Pre-commercial thinning

Forests need to be renewed and managed in ways that ensure their long-term sustainability and productivity, as well as rapid carbon sequestration and high quality timber.

Description of the action

On the lighting track, cut down “wolves”, or trees with very wide canopies and coarse branches. Often in pine and spruce forests these are some fast-growing deciduous trees (e.g. aspen, birch), but also in Scots pine some pine.

Why?

“wolves” take over a large area of growth and start to whip and damage neighbouring trees in the central part of the stand, reducing the productivity and reserve of the entire stand.

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