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NALT Full

Preferred term

site index

Type

Topic

Definition

A measure of site class based upon the height of the dominant trees in a stand at an arbitrarily chosen age, most commonly at 50 years in the East and 100 years in the West.
Source: Burns, Russell M. and Barbara H. Honkala, tech. coords. Silvics of North America, vol 2. Hardwoods; Glossary. Agriculture handbook no. 654. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1990
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

forest mensuration

Synonyms

SI (site index)
site class assessment
site indices

In other languages

índice de sitio

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/210118

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