Even-Aged Methods

An even-aged silvicultural system is a planned sequence of treatments designed to maintain and regenerate a stand with one age class. The range of tree ages is usually less than 20 percent of the rotation length. The following sections discuss the three basic methods of even-aged silviculture: the clearcutting, seed-tree, and shelterwood methods.

• Even-Aged Systems: An Overview
• The Clearcutting Method
• The Seed-Tree Method
• The Shelterwood Method