Following are the statements on Liberation cutting
A. Liberation cutting is defined as a cutting made in a young stand, past the sapling stage, for the purpose of freeing the young growth from older individuals (wolf trees) which are overtopping.
B. Desirable young stems can be overtopped by residual trees left after timber harvesting or by faster‐growing sprouts of an undesirable species.
C. Liberation cutting should be applied only when potentially valuable crop trees can be benefitted.
D. This cutting type includes all operations designed to regulate the species composition or improve the growth of very young stands, ordinarily those not past the sapling stage.
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