SITE QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF YOUNG CHIR PINE PLANTATIONS

Abstract

Site quality assessment was made for four 19-y-old chir pine plantations around Solan Forest Division in Himachal Pradesh, India, using 3-, 4-, 5-, 6- and 7-y mean internodal lengths (height intercepts) from the breast height. Out of all the height intercepts, the 6-y height intercept showed the best result and hence was used for categorisation of sites for their site quality.