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A
community of
plants occupying a continuous
area that possesses sufficient uniformity in
species composition,
constitution, size, age, spatial
arrangement, or condition to be distinguishable from adjacent
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| A contiguous growth of similar
plants (usually a group - or
cluster - of upright forestal
trees) distinguished and separated
from surrounding stands and managed as a single distinguishable
unit. A pure stand is a measurable unit of
timber composed of mostly a
single tree species. A mixed
stand is composed of a mixture of tree species. Differences could be
species, average diameter, density and location. |
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