P1250

Forestry Terms for Mississippi Landowners

As a nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) owner, you are part of an important group that controls most of the state’s timber resources. You and other NIPF owners hold the key to the future of Mississippi’s forest economy.

As you begin or continue to manage your timber, you will come in contact with foresters who may use terms with which you are unfamiliar. This publication is meant to help you better understand special terms and abbreviations commonly used in forestry. This publication is designed to help you make decisions about productive management of your timber.

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Publication 1250 (POD-04-25)

By Brady Self, PhD, Associate Extension Professor, Forestry, and Shaun Tanger, PhD, Assistant Professor, Forestry, from earlier versions by John Kushla, Extension/Research Professor, Forestry (retired) and Thomas A. Monaghan, Extension Professor, Forestry (retired).