Silviculture

I prepared these materials in brief for B. Sc. Forestry students, Kathmandu Forestry College (KAFCOL) for the subject “Introductory Silviculture” that were used during teaching in the classroom in 2010. Detailed class note was provided to the students, where I have acknowledged all the materials used for the purpose.

Silvicultural aspects of community forestry development in the hills of Nepal 1980-1981, Tyystjarvi, P. K. , p.ix + 61 pp., (1982)

Definition

1. “The art and science of cultivating forest crops” (Indian Forest and Forest Products Terminology)
2. Silviculture refers only to certain aspects of the theory and practice of raising forest crops (Champion and Seth)
3. Silviculture is that branch of forestry which deals with the establishment, development, care, and reproduction of standsof timber.<
   

Seedling: A plant grown from seed till it attains a height of aboutone metre

Sapling: