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Afforestation
   
Establishment of forest crops by artificial methods, such as planting or sowing on land where trees ha ve never grown.    
 
 
 
Age-Class
   
Any interval into which the age range of trees, forests, stands or forest types is divided for classification and use. Forest inventories commonly group trees into 20-year age class groups.
 
 
 
 
Air-Dried
   
Lumber or other wood products that have been either dried by exposure to natural atmospheric conditions outdoors or in an unheated shed or dried to equilibrium with the surrounding atmosphere. Moisture content of air-dried wood fiber depends on relative humidity, temperature, and length of drying period. Also referred to as air seasoned and contrasts with kiln-dried (KD) lumber.    
 
 
 
Allowable Cut
   
The amount of wood that can be removed from a landowner's property during a certain time span, without exceeding the net growth during that same time on the property.    
 
 
 

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