K | Lexicon of Forestry
Kerf: Width of a cut made by a saw.
Key spp: A spp which maintains the community diversity, food chain, food web complexity of an ecosystem is knows as the key spp of that particular ecosystem eg Snow leopard. (Pic)Kg and Pile: A site preparation method in which stumps are pushed up, sheared off, or split apart by a specially designed blade mounted on a bulldozer. Debris is then piled or placed in long rows (wind rows) so that an area can be bedded or flat planted.
Kg Blade: A bulldozer-mounted blade used in forestry and land-clearing operations. A single spike splits and shears stumps at their base.
Khal: Channels in Irrigated Lay out. Its dimensions are: depth 1 ft, width (upper) 3 ft, width (lower) 2 ft. Its length is usu 240 ft. One khal waters two Centers.
Killing Technology: WTO is developing certain seeds which will germinate only once.
Kiln: A structure heated by gas, steam, or electricity, in which lumber is dried under controlled conditions to desired moisture content.
Kingdom: Each of the three groups, animal, vegetable, and mineral, into which natural organisms and objects are traditionally, as opposed to scientifically, divided.
Knot: That part of a branch that has been incorporated into the main stem.
Knotty core: The central core of wood in a pruned tree that contains knots.
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