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Natural Regeneration
The renewal of forest by self-sown seed or vegetative means. This term may also be used to describe a young tree crop itself.

Needleleaf Tree
A tree with pointed needle-like or scale-like leaves. These trees are mostly conifers.

Niche
An environment where an appropriate combination of conditions exists for a species to thrive.

NSR
see Stocking: NSR

Nurse Tree (Nurse Crop)
A tree or crop of trees, shrubs, or other plants, either naturally occurring or introduced, used to nurture or improve the form of a more important tree or crop during youth by protecting it from frost, insolation, or wind.

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